Ashot ibn Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl 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 fami ...
prince, the second son of
Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl. During the captivity of his older brother
Fadl ibn Shavur by the
Georgians in 1068, he ruled in his stead as emir of
Arran for eight months (August 1068 – April 1069), even minting coins in his own name and that of his overlord, the
Seljuk Seljuk or Saljuq (سلجوق) may refer to:
* Seljuk Empire (1051–1153), a medieval empire in the Middle East and central Asia
* Seljuk dynasty (c. 950–1307), the ruling dynasty of the Seljuk Empire and subsequent polities
* Seljuk (warlord) (di ...
Sultan
Alp Arslan.
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Emirs of Ganja
Shaddadids
11th-century rulers in Asia
11th-century Kurdish people