Muhammad of Layzan explained

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 .

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Notes and References

  1. Akopyan . Alexander . 2009-01-01 . A donative dirham of the Shirwānshāh Muhammad ibn Ahmad (AH 370-81) struck in Barda'a in AH 373 (982/3) . The Numismatic Chronicle.