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Shirwan

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Shirwan of the Caucasian lands beyond Arran; Qubadh's general trod what lay between the river al-Rass and Shirwan, and Qubadh built the wall of al-Lubn between Shirwan's land and Bab al-Lan; among the mountain kings Anushirwan confirmed on their kingdoms is the king of Shirwan, called the Shirwanshah.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Levant & Iraq
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Shirwan is a region of the Caucasus lands beyond Arran, according to al-Baladhuri. The commander of Qubadh trod the land between the river al-Ras and Shirwan, and Qubadh built the Sadd al-Laban between the land of Shirwan and the Gate of al-Lan. 1

Among the kings of the mountains whom Anushirwan confirmed in their kingdoms was the king of Shirwan, called Shirwanshah. 2 The area is connected with Armenia in the museum's data.

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Yazid ibn Asid al-Sulami's Governorship of Armenia
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People and things also explored

Yazid ibn Asid al-Sulami's Governorship of Armenia· Armenia· the Armenia–Azerbaijan treaty (25 AH)· Bugha al-Kabir's Pacification of the Armenian March· Habib ibn Maslama's Circuit of Armenia· Jalal al-Din plunders Armenia· Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah's Governorship of Armenia· Khuzayma ibn Khazim Institutes the Land Survey at Dabil and Nashwa

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.273
  2. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.276
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islam.museum contributors. “Shirwan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/shirwan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Yazid ibn Asid al-Sulami's Governorship of Armenia

In al-Baladhuri: al-Mansur gave Armenia to Yazid ibn Asid al-Sulami, who opened Bab al-Lan, stationed there a ribat of diwan men, and tamed the Sanariyya till they submitted to kharaj; al-Mansur wrote ordering him to marry into the Khazar king's family — he did so, the Khaqan's daughter bearing him a son who died while she died in her lying-in; Yazid sent to Shirwan's salt-source and salt-pans, taxed them and set a deputy over it; he built the city of Arjil the Lesser and Arjil the Greater, settling Palestine's people in them; and it is told from a body of Bardha'a's shaykhs that al-Shamakhiyya in Shirwan's district was named for al-Shamakh ibn Shuja', who was king of Shirwan in Sa'id ibn Sam al-Bahili's governorship of Armenia.