Shams al-Din Ildiguz

شمس الدين إيلدكز

Nakhchivan → Hamadan

Draft card for Shams al-Din Ildiguz, the mamluk who founded the Eldiguzid atabegate of Azerbaijan and Arran in the twelfth century, d. 1175; the dynastic handbook entry is not yet checked on the page.

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Roles
Ruler · military
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
Identifiers
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NakhchivanHamadan

Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph

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Died in
Nakhchivan
Buried in
Hamadan

People and things also explored

Abu al-Hayja sent against Hamadan· Battle of Nakhchivan· Conquest of Hamadan and Waj Rudh (22 AH)· Ibn al-Salah's first hadith journey at about twenty-four: Baghdad, Dubays and Hamadan, c. 601· Ibn Sina becomes vizier to Shams al-Dawla at Hamadan· The Mongol Sweep through Jibal, Azerbaijan and Georgia· Al-Sam'ani's first great hadith journey, 529-538/1135-1143· The Tatars Return to Rayy and Hamadan in 621 AH

Sources

  • Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: a Chronological and Genealogical Manual (1996)
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islam.museum contributors. “Shams al-Din Ildiguz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/shams-al-din-ildiguz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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