Coin of Akhsitan I, minted at Shamakhi between 1175 and 1194
Shirvanshah
Reign
after 1160 – 1197–1203/04
Predecessor
Manuchihr III
Successor
Afridun II (possibly) Shahanshah Farrukhzad I
Born
c. 1112
Died
1197–1203/04
Consort
Safwat al-Din
Dynasty
Kasranids
Father
Manuchihr III
Mother
Tamar
Religion
Sunni Islam
Akhsitan I (also spelled Akhsatan; Persian: اخستان یکم, romanized: Aḵestān) was the 20th Shirvanshah after 1160, and thought to have reigned until the years 1197–1203/04. He was the son and successor of Manuchihr III (r. 1120 – after 1160). His mother was Tamar, a Georgian princess from the Bagrationi dynasty.
The details regarding Akhsitan's reign are uncertain and obscure. He may have ruled the kingdom together with members of his family, Shahanshah, Afridun II and Fariburz II. He is notable for moving his place of residence to Baku, which marked its beginning as a major city. Akhsitan was also notably the patron of both Khaqani and Nizami Ganjavi, two leading Persian poets.
AkhsitanI (also spelled Akhsatan; Persian: اخستان یکم, romanized: Aḵestān) was the 20th Shirvanshah after 1160, and thought to have reigned until the...
which was also the capital of Shirvan (during the reigns of AkhsitanI and Khalilullah I), Baku Khanate, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan...
Shabaran from the invaders from Darband for his cousin, the Shirvanshah AkhsitanI. Finally, Andronikos and Theodora settled in the ancestral lands of the...
independent during two periods: under the legendary sultan Manuchehr and AkhsitanI (who built Baku),[citation needed] and under the 15th-century House of...
the names of the caliphs are shown on their coins. During the rule of AkhsitanI (r. after 1160 – 1197–1203/04), the royal residence was moved from Shamakhi...
painter Sultan Muhammad. This version was created for the Persian Shah Tahmasp I. Khosrow and Shirin meet, illustration from Prince Aurangzeb's Khamsa, 1640s...
in their allotments did not want to obey the Sultan. Even Shirvanshah AkhsitanI who used to be Atabegs’ liegeman attempted to intervene the interior affairs...
fortress was built in the shape of a quadrangle in the 12th century by AkhsitanI, the son of Shirvanshah Minuchihr III.[citation needed] The courtyard...
Manuchohr, and the second wall was built during the time of Shirvanshah AkhsitanI. However, the second fortress walls were destroyed during the reign of...
Khazars and (starting from the 10th century) from the Rus'. Shirvanshah AkhsitanI built a navy in Baku and successfully repelled a Rus' assault in 1170...
brothers, AkhsitanI, Afridun II, and Shahanshah. An inscription from 1203 or 1204 mentions Farrukhzad I as the Shirvanshah. This means that AkhsitanI's reign...
Tamar c. 1111. Together they had at least four sons (AkhsitanI, Afridun II, Shahanshah and Farrukhzad I) and two unnamed daughters. Following Manuchihr III's...
beaten, Aimiran Umar sought refuge with his father in law Shirvanshah AkhsitanI (c. 1160–1196), while Qutlug-Inach moved to Rey. Toghrul occupied Hamadan...
Shirvanese and Georgian allies against Rus', Alan and Kipchak raiders. AkhsitanI's reign saw raids of Rus' which sailed from Volga and threatening shores...
take refuge at the court of the latter's brother-in-law, Shirvanshah AkhsitanI (c.1160-1196). The Shirvanshah together with Amir Mihran headed for Tbilisi...
Afridun I, was appointed as the governor of the city. Over the centuries the city changed hands often. The 21st Shirvanshah king, AkhsitanI, briefly...
"Layla va Majnun-I Nizami Ganjavi: matn-I Ilmi va intiqadi az ru-yi qadimtari nuskha-hayi khatti-I qarn-I hashtum ba zikr-i ikhtilaf-i nusakh va ma’ani...
and Shirin Layla and Majnun Haft Peykar Eskandar-nāma Related topics AkhsitanI Toghrul III Farhad (Persian literature) Campaign on granting Nizami the...
Iskander Beg Munshi reported that toward the end of February 1606, Shah Abbas I reached Ganja and camped near the tomb of Sheikh Nizami, where on 24 March...
“Layla va Majnun-I Nizami Ganjavi: matn-I Ilmi va intiqadi az ru-yi qadimtari nuskha-hayi khatti-I qarn-I hashtum ba zikr-i ikhtilaf-i nusakh va ma’ani...
Farrukhzad I (c. 1187-1203 – 1225) Garshasp (d. 1234) Fariburz III (1225 – 1255) Akhsitan II (1255 – 1260) Farrukhzad II (1260 – c. 1282) Akhsitan III (1282...
his release from Shirvan prison. This dynasty was in power c. 1173 when AkhsitanI defeated emir Bek-Bars b. Muzaffar with his cousin George III (r. 1156–1184)...
importance' then Akhsitan wouldn't have emphasised that the poem Leyla and Mejnun, which he had ordered, was written exactly in Perian, i. e. he wouldn't...
dominance in their areas, did not want to obey the Sultan. Even Shirvanshah AkhsitanI who used to be Atabegs’ liegeman attempted to intervene the interior affairs...
of Texas Press. pp. 130, 255. ISBN 0292764847. Sims, Eleanor; Marshak, B.I.; Grube, Ernst J. (2002). Peerless Images: Persian painting and its sources...
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