Akhsitan III

Akhsitan III
Shah of Shirvan
Reign 1282 - 1294
Coronation 1282
Predecessor Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II
Successor Shirvanshah Keykavus I
Born ?
Şamaxı
Died 1294
Baku
Issue Shirvanshah Keykavus I
Prince Siamerk - executed by Arghun Khan
House House of Shirvanshah
Father Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II

Akhsitan III was the 29th ruler of Shirvan, now part of Azerbaijan. He was the son of Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II.

Reign

His name is first recorded in Safvat as-safa, a work by Tawakkul b. Bazzaz, a medieval biographer,[1] who mentions Akhsitan as ruler of Shirvan. Shah wanted to marry his daughter to Safavid sheikh Safi-ad-din Ardabili with a dowry of 14.000 Iranian toman and a water canal. But seeing Safiaddin's tutor and future father-in-law Zahed Gilani's influence over Shirvani people Akhsitan began to oppose religious Sufi orders.[2] He died in 1294 of mental illness.

References

  1. Ṣafwat al-ṣafā, B.Dorn collection, No.300
  2. Sara Ashurbeyli - Shirvanshahs, 2006
Akhsitan III
Born: ? Died: 1294
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II
Shirvanshah
1282 - 1294
Succeeded by
Shirvanshah Keykavus I


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