Hushang of Shirvan information

Hushang (Persian: هوشنگ) was the Shirvanshah from 1372/73 to 1382. He was the son and successor of Kavus, under whom the Shirvanshah kingdom came under...

were a branch of the Shirvanshahs, who ruled the Shirvan region for 387 years. The word "Kasra" was derived from legendary king Kai Khosrow of Iran, reflecting...

Ibrahim I (Persian: ابراهیم) was the 33rd Shirvanshah (ruler of Shirvan, r. 1382–1418). Because of his cunning politics he managed to remain independent and...

was a son of Kayqubad, and brother of Kavus I, and father of Ibrahim I of Shirvan and Bahlul of Shirvan. He was probably made governor of Derbent during...

prose-writer. He was born in Transcaucasia in the historical region known as Shirvan, where he served as an ode-writer to the Shirvanshahs. His fame most securely...

The Shirvanshahs (Arabic/Persian: شروانشاه) were the rulers of Shirvan (in present-day Azerbaijan) from 861 to 1538. The first ruling line were the Yazidids...

built to defend the medieval city of Shamakhi. In the XI-XII centuries, many cities of Shirvan grew and developed, some of them had their defense structures...

Shaykh Uways Jalayir campaigned against the Shirvan Shah Kai-Ka’us, but a revolt begun by the governor of Baghdad, Khwaja Mirjan, forced him to return...

ruler of Shirvan. He was a son of Kayqubad and older brother of Sultan Muhammad. According to Abd al-Razzaq Samarqandi, he was styled as "Lord of Shamakhi...

Shirvan and its dependencies (up to southern Dagestan in the north) were now Ismail's. The Shirvanshah line nevertheless continued to rule Shirvan under...

Hurufism. Nasimi stayed with him in Baku and Shirvan for some time and became one of the most faithful adherents of the Hurufism movement, as well as Astarabadi's...

become Jalayirid vassal with his son Hushang being Uways' hostage until 1372. In 1367, his brother Amir Qasim died of consumption, while his favorite general...

David IV of Georgia at the head of the Georgian army to Shirvan, where Demetrius took down the Agdash fortress. In 1120, David entered Shirvan and took...

termed as the founder of the "Azerbaijan" or "Trans-Cacausian" school or "Tabriz School" or "Shirvan School" or "Arranian Style" of Persian poetry. This...

spent most of his career at the court of the Shirvanshahs, but received patronage from other rulers as well. Badr was born in Shamakhi in Shirvan (present-day...

capital of the rulers of Shirvan, the Shirvanshahs. In his work, Falaki calls himself "Muhammad Falaki", but some tadhkirahs (collection of biographies)...

was a 19th-century poet from Shirvan, who was active under Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (r. 1848–1896), the Qajar shah (king) of Iran. Bahar Shirvani's birth...