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death of Shamla, lord of Khūzistān

وفاة شملة صاحب خوزستان

c. 1177 CE · 573 AH

Khuzistan (al-Ahwaz)

Shamla, the Khazarj-Turkish emir who briefly took Fārs and lorded Khūzistān — ravaging the Ahwāz marches — died this year 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

Summary

Shamla, lord of Khuzistan, died. He had once been king of Fars and was then driven out of it. He was one of the Turkish commanders of the Khazraj. 1

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Shamla the Turk

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Abu al-Mukhtar's Satire on the Ahwaz Officials· The Asawira's Conversion Compact· Ibn Sina withdraws to Khuzistan· Jalal al-Din reaches Khuzistan and Iraq· Mutarrif's Killing and Mukram's Vendetta· the caliph's vizier marches on and takes Khuzistan· Khuzistan (al-Ahwaz)

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 70
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