Sahl Smbatean
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Sahl Smbatean (Armenian: Սահլ Սմբատեան) was an Armenian[1][2] prince of Shaki, during the 9th century A.D.[3] In Arabic sources, he is referred to as Sahl ibn Sumbat. After the fall of the Mihranid dynasty in 822, Sahl ruled a significant part of Caucasian Albania. Sahl initially provided refuge to Babak Khorramdin and fought with him against the Islamic conquest of Persia. However, later he assisted Afshin, the prominent general[4] under Abbasid Caliph al-Mutasim, in capturing Babak Khorramdin. In 854, Sahl was captured and imprisoned by Bugha al-Kabir al-Sharabi, the Turkish commander of Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil.[5]
References
- ↑ Template:Tr iconYıldız, Dursun(1980) İslâmiyet ve Türkler Çağrı yayınları, p. 147
- ↑ The History of Al-Tabari Vol XXXIII translated by C.E Bosworth, State University of New York Press, published 1991, page 76
- ↑ Mohamed Rekaya. "Le Ḫurram-dīn et les mouvements ḫurramites sous les 'Abbāsides: Réapparition du Mazdakisme ou Manifestation des G̣ulāt-Musulmans Dans l'Ex-Empire Sassanide aux VIIIe et IXe Siècles AP. J.-C.?", Studia Islamica, No. 60. (1984), p. 46
- ↑ Mohammad Arshad. An Advanced History of Islam, Ideal Publications, 1967, p. 309
- ↑ Emeri “van” Donzel. Islamic Desk Reference, BRILL, 1994, ISBN 9004097384, p. 110