Polity Shaddadids

This article is about the specific polity Shaddadids 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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Were a Kurdish Sunni Muslim dynasty who ruled in various parts of Armenia and Arran. In 1075 the dynasty became a vassal of the Seljuk Empire.

Establishment

  • January 952: Muhammad ibn Shaddad conquers Dwin.

Chronology

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1. Byzantine-Georgian wars

Were a series of conflicts between the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Georgia.

1.1. Georgian campaigns of Basil II

Was a military campaign by Byzantine emperor Basil II in Georgia.

  • January 1022: The Ardzruni kingdom of Vaspurakan was annexed by the Byzantine Empire.

2. Conquests of Malik Shah I

Expansion during the rule of Malik Shah I in the Seljuk Empire.

  • January 1076: In 1075 Seljuk ruler Alp Arslan annexed the last of the Shaddadid territories. A cadet branch of Shaddadids continued to rule in Ani and Tbilisi.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 972: In 971, Lashkari ibn Muhammad, a member of the Shaddadid dynasty, established himself in Ganja.
  • January 984: With the weakening of the buyid power after the death of Adud ad-Daula after 983, the Kurdish Marwan tribe under Badh, a former shepherd, gained control of Mayyafariqin and the areas of Amida and Nusaybin.
  • January 1015: Kvirike III declared himself King of Kakheti and Hereti.
  • January 1046: The British Encyclopedia ranks the Syunik kingdom among those Armenian state formations that survived after the fall of the centralized Armenian kingdom.
  • January 1046: Establishment of the Kingdom of Artsakh and end of Bagratid Armenia.
  • January 1046: After the fall of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia in 1045, Kiurike II was bestowed by the Byzantines with the title of Kouropalates and became an independent ruler in the region of Tashir.
  • January 1073: In 1072, the Seljuks sold Ani to the Shaddadid emir of Manuchihr.

Disestablishment

  • January 1076: In 1075 Seljuk ruler Alp Arslan annexed the last of the Shaddadid territories. A cadet branch of Shaddadids continued to rule in Ani and Tbilisi.