Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Manuchihr was a

Shaddadid The Shaddadids were a Kurdish Sunni Muslim dynasty. who ruled in various parts of Armenia and Arran from 951 to 1199 AD. They were established in Dvin. Through their long tenure in Armenia, they often intermarried with the Bagratuni royal famil ...

emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

Ani Ani ( hy, Անի; grc-gre, Ἄνιον, ''Ánion''; la, Abnicum; tr, Ani) is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia. Between 961 and 1045, it was the capital of th ...

, formerly an Armenian royal capital, from 1118 to 1124. A son and successor of Manuchihr b. Shavur, Abu'l-Aswar was accused by the contemporary Armenian historian

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of persecuting Christians and attempting to sell Ani to the emir of

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. His rule was terminated by the resurgent King

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, whom Ani surrendered without a fight in 1124. Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ended his days as a captive of the Georgians in exile in

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, while Ani was given by David IV to his general, Abulet. Abu'l-Aswar Shavur's son

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would be able to resume the Shaddadid reign in Ani in 1125.

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