Bukhtnassar Explained

Bukhtnassar
Succession:Shirvanshah
Reign:1049–1050
Predecessor:Qubad
Successor:Sallar
Royal House:House of Shirvanshah
Father:Ahmad ibn Yazid
Death Date:1050
Death Place:Near Baylaqan

Bukhtnassar Ali was the fourteenth Shirvanshah, ruling from 1049 to 1050. He was the successor and nephew of Qubad. His father Ahmad b. Yazid was a son of Yazid II. He was immediately deposed by his uncle, Sallar. Bukhtnassar managed to escape but was captured and executed by forces of Sallar near Baylaqan.

Sources

. Clifford Edmund Bosworth . The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual . 1996 . Columbia University Press . New York City . 0-231-10714-5 .