Ali III of Shirvan

Ali III
Shah of Shirvan
Reign	1049 – 1050
Predecessor	Shirvanshah Kubad
Successor	Shirvanshah Salar
Died	1050 Near Baylaqan
House	House of Shirvanshah
Father	Ahmad ibn Yazid

Ali III was the fourteenth independent Shah of Shirvan. He was the successor and nephew of Shirvanshah Kubad. In 1049, Ali succeeded his uncle Kubad, but one year later he was deposed by his uncle, Sallar. Ali managed to escape but was captured and executed by forces of Sallar near Baylaqan.^[1]

References

1. Madelung 1975, p. 249.

Sources

• Madelung, W. (1975). "The Minor Dynasties of Northern Iran". In Frye, R. N. The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 198–249. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.
• Minorsky, Vladimir (1958). A History of Sharvān and Darband in the 10th-11th Centuries. University of Michigan. pp. 1–219. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.