Muhammad ibn Yazid | |
Shah of Layzan | |
Reign: | ?–917 |
Predecessor: | Yazid ibn Khalid |
Successor: | Abu Tahir Yazid |
Father: | Yazid ibn Khalid |
Royal House: | Yazidids |
Dynasty: | Shirvanshah |
Muhammad was second Shah of Layzan whose father was first Layzanshah Yazid ibn Khalid, a member of junior branch of Yazidids. He was nephew of first independent Shirvanshah Haytham I.
Nothing about his reign is known in sources except for that his "rule lasted a long time, his prestige grew and his affairs prospered". He was thought to be a Shirvanshah earlier because of a confusing note left by al-Masudi who mentioned that it was Muhammad ibn Yazid that annexed principalities of Khursān (lands south to Derbent) and Vardān (north of Quba). According to Vladimir Minorsky, this confusion is a result of both father and son of Abu Tahir Yazid having same name.
Muhammad of Layzan was clearly from a different branch and not Shirvanshah[1] and probably died .