Abu'l-Nasr Muhammad (died ca. 1010) was the last

Farighunid The Farighunids were an Iranian dynasty that ruled Guzgan (modern-day northern Afghanistan) in the late 9th, 10th and early 11th centuries. They were ultimately deposed by the ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire, Sultan Mahmud (). Background Accordi ...

ruler of

Guzgan Guzgan ( fa, گوزگان, also known as Gozgan, Guzganan or Quzghan, in Arabic Juzjan or Juzjanan) was a historical region and early medieval principality in what is now northern Afghanistan. Etymology The area was known as "Guzgan" or in the ...

from 1000 to 1010. He was the son and successor of

Abu'l Haret Ahmad Abu'l Haret Ahmad (died ca. 1000) was the third Farighunid ruler of Guzgan from 982 to 1000. He was the son and successor of Abu'l Haret Muhammad. Biography In 982, Abu'l Haret's father died, leaving him a kingdom at its height. In 990, Abu'l-Har ...

Biography

Abu'l-Nasr Muhammad is first mentioned during the late 990s, when his father made an alliance with the

Ghaznavid The Ghaznavid dynasty ( fa, غزنویان ''Ġaznaviyān'') was a culturally Persianate, Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic ''mamluk'' origin, ruling, at its greatest extent, large parts of Persia, Khorasan, much of Transoxiana and the northwest ...

family by double marriage; Abu'l-Nasr Muhammad married Sebüktigin's daughter, while Sebüktigin's son

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married one of Abu'l Haret's daughters. In 1000, Abu'l-Nasr's father died, and thus he succeeded him, and became a vassal of the Ghaznavids, which had become a powerful military power, and had already imposed their authority on other petty

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kingdoms. Abu'l-Nasr enjoyed the confidence of Mahmud; in 1008 he fought in the center of the Ghaznavid line against the

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outside Balkh and in the following year escorted Mahmud during his campaign in

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. He also married off a daughter to Mahmud's son Mohammad Ghaznavi. When Abu'l-Nasr died in around 1010, Mohammad took over the rule of Guzgan, even though Abu'l-Nasr had left a son, Hasan. This marked the end of Farighunid rule.

Sources

*Bosworth, C. E. "ĀL-E FARĪḠŪN." ''Encyclopedia Iranica.'' 1 August 2012. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abul-Nasr Muhammad 1010 deaths 10th-century births 10th-century Iranian people 11th-century Iranian people Farighunids 11th-century monarchs in Asia Ghaznavid generals Rulers of Guzgan