For the Lakhmid king, see Qabus ibn al-Mundhir. For the sultan of Oman, see Qaboos bin Said.
Emir of the Ziyarid dynasty
Qabus
Emir of the Ziyarid dynasty
Tomb of Qabus in Gonbad-e Qabus
Reign
977–981 (first reign) 997–1012 (second reign)
Predecessor
Bisutun
Successor
Manuchihr
Born
10th century
Died
1012 Gorgan
Issue
Manuchihr Iskandar
House
Ziyarid
Father
Vushmgir
Religion
Sunni Islam
Qabus ibn Wushmagir (full name: Abol-Hasan Qābūs ibn Wušmagīr ibn Ziyar Sams al-maʿālī, ابوالحسن قابوس بن وشمگیر بن زیار, شمسالمعالی; (died 1012) (r. 977–981; 997–1012) was the Ziyarid ruler of Gurgan and Tabaristan in medieval Iran. His father was Vushmgir and his mother was a daughter of the Bavandi Ispahbad Sharwin II.
Qabus ibn Wushmagir (full name: Abol-Hasan Qābūs ibn Wušmagīr ibn Ziyar Sams al-maʿālī, ابوالحسن قابوس بن وشمگیر بن زیار, شمسالمعالی; (died 1012) (r....
his sons Bisutun and Qabus fought for influence. Qabus would eventually outlive his brother and ruled the kingdom. However, Qabus was placed in exile from...
Qaboos bin Said Al Said (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, IPA: [qaː.buːs bin sa.ʕiːd ʔaːl sa.ʕiːd]; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman...
grandson of Qabus. During his reign, he had little power, due to his status as a vassal to the Seljuqs. He is the celebrated author of the Qabus nama, a major...
Qabu Shamsiyeh (Arabic: قبو شمسية) is a Syrian village located in Masyaf Nahiyah in Masyaf District, Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics...
(Arabic: جَامِع ٱلسُّلْطَان قَابُوْس ٱلْأَكْبَر, romanized: Jāmiʿ As-Sulṭān Qābūs Al-Akbar) is the largest mosque in Oman, located in the capital city of...
his stated goal, "to see certain famous monuments, chiefly the Gonbad-e Qabus, a tower built as a mausoleum for an ancient king." George MacDonald Fraser's...
around Lotfabad and Dargaz in Razavi Khorasan, and in the town of Gonbad-e Qabus in Golestan. Large Azerbaijani populations can also be found in central...
al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man 503/5–554 13 'Amr III ibn al-Mundhir 554–569 14 Qabus ibn al-Mundhir 569–573 15 Suhrab (Persian governor) 573–574 16 al-Mundhir...
parties revolted in some regions comprising Khuzistan, Kurdistan and Gonbad-e Qabus, which resulted in fighting between them and revolutionary forces. These...
He was planning to visit the ruler of the city of Gorgan, the Ziyarid Qabus (r. 977–981, 997–1012), a cultivated patron of writing, whose court attracted...
ruler of the Ziyarids (1012 at the latest – c. 1031). He was the son of Qabus. During his father's reign Manuchihr was appointed as governor of Tabaristan...
title. Its manuscripts are labeled by headings such as Qabus-nama-yi Türkī or Terjeme-yi Qabus-nama. Mercimek's writing skills are deemed much higher...
completed in 1055, standing at a height of 84 m (275 ft). The Tower of Gonbad-e Qabus in Iran is built in 1006. Construction begins on the Sassovivo Abbey of...
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