Akhsitan II explained

Akhsitan II
Shah of Shirvan
Reign:1243/1255 - 1260
Issue:Farrukhzad II
Predecessor:Fariburz III
Successor:Farrukhzad II
Royal House:Kasranid
Father:Fariburz III
Death Date:1260

Jalal ad-din Akhsitan was the 27th Shirvanshah.

Reign

Zakariya al-Qazwini described him as "ruler of independent region of Shirvan" in his Aja'ib al-Makhluqat.[1] He accepted overlordship of Mongols as his coins dating 1256 and 1258 mention Möngke Khagan's name.

His name was also mentioned on a semi-ruined building dated 1257 located between Nağaraxana and Talışnuru villages of Shamakhi. According to Ibn al-Fuwati, he was executed by the order of Hulagu in 1260.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Bunyadov . Ziya . Ziya Bunyadov . 1976 . Материалы из сочинений Закария аль-Казвини об Азербайджане . News of the Academy of Sciences of the AzSSR. History, Philosophy and Law Series . 2 . Vostlit.
  2. Book: ibn al-Fuwati . Talḵīṣ majmaʿ al-ādāb fī moʿjam al-alqāb . 1969 . Jawād . M. . 4 (part 2) . . 1067 . ar.