Shirvanshah

This article is about the specific polity Shirvanshah and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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From the late 8th century, Shirvan (a region in eastern Caucasus) was under the rule of the members of the Arab family of Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani who was named governor of the region by the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid. Yazid's descendants, the Yazidids, would rule Shirvan as independent princes until the 14th century.

Establishment

Chronology

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1. Caspian expeditions of the Rus´

Were military raids undertaken by the Rus' between the late 9th century and c. 1041 on the Caspian Sea shores.

1.1.First Caspian expedition of the Rus'

The Rus' undertook the first large-scale expedition in the Caspian Sea in 913. Having arrived on 500 ships, they pillaged in the Georgan region, in the territory of present-day Iran, and more to the west, in Gilan and Mazandaran, taking slaves and goods.

2. Byzantine-Seljuq wars

Were a series of conflicts in the Middle Ages between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire.

2.1.Seljuk invasion of Asia minor

Was the invasion of Asia Minor by the Seljuq Turks.

3. Timurid invasions

Military campaigns of Timur (or Tamerlane), a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia.

3.1.Tokhtamysh-Timur war

Was a war between the Golden Horde and the Timurid Empire.

3.1.1.Timur's invasions of Georgia

Was the military invasion of Georgia by the Timurid Empire.

4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

Disestablishment