At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
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Overview
In 323 AH Mardawij ibn Ziyad al-Daylami, lord of the Jibal lands, was killed near Isfahan by his Turkish slave soldiers. 2
The cause in Ibn al-Athir
Ibn al-Athir says that Mardawij greatly harmed his Turks, and said that the Turks were devils. So they wished for his destruction. 2
The night of the feast
On the night of the feast he ordered wood gathered and lit on the mountains, and birds and a great number of roasted animals gathered on a great table. When he rode around the table he thought little of it all, and was angry. On the fourth day he ordered the saddles taken off the animals and put on the backs of the Turks, and whoever refused was beaten. 2
The senior Turkish slave soldiers seized the opportunity and killed him. 2
The Gregorian date is derived from the Hijri date.
Connections
- Had participant
- مرداويج بن زياد الديلمي
- Occurred at
- Isfahan
People and things also explored
Tughril Beg takes Isfahan and finds its buried treasures· Jameh Mosque of Isfahan· Conquest of Isfahan (21 AH)· The Rise of the Daylam and Ali ibn Buya's Seizure of Fars· death of al-Bahlawan — the Isfahan mazhab wars, the Rayy fitna, Tughril breaks free· The Jalali calendar reform· Mas'ud ibn Mahmud Storms Isfahan· Sultan Muhammad ibn Malikshah takes the Batiniyya fortress at Isfahan and kills Ibn Attash in 500
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 223-226
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.223-226
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islam.museum contributors. “The killing of Mardawij ibn Ziyad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/killing-of-mardawij-323/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-27.