Abu Mansur Khusrau Firuz ( fa, ابو منصور خسرو فیروز), better known by his ''

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'' of Al-Malik al-Aziz (

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: الملك العزيز, "the strong king"), was a

Buyid The Buyid dynasty ( fa, آل بویه, Āl-e Būya), also spelled Buwayhid ( ar, البويهية, Al-Buwayhiyyah), was a Shia Islam, Shia Iranian peoples, Iranian dynasty of Daylamites, Daylamite origin, which mainly ruled over Iraq and central ...

prince who served as the governor of

Wasit Wasit ( ar, وَاسِط, Wāsiṭ, syr, ‎ܘܐܣܛ) is an ancient city in Wasit Governorate, south east of Kut in eastern Iraq. History The city was built by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf in c. 702 CE on the west bank of the Tigris across from the hi ...

. He was the son of

Jalal al-Dawla Abu Tahir Firuz Khusrau ( fa, ابوطاهر فیروزخسرو), better known by his ''laqab'' of Jalal al-Dawla (993 or 994 – March 1044), was the Buyid amir of Iraq (1027–1044). He was the son of Baha' al-Dawla. Biography In 1012 Jalal A ...

. During his father's lifetime, Al-Malik al-Aziz served as the governor of

, and was considered his heir. However, when his father died in 1044, Abu Kalijar, the Buyid ruler of Fars and Kerman, invaded

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, and captured

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. Al-Maik al-Aziz managed to flee from Baghdad, and take refuge with the

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, and then with the

Uqaylids The Uqaylid dynasty () was a Shia Arab dynasty with several lines that ruled in various parts of Al-Jazira, northern Syria and Iraq in the late tenth and eleventh centuries. The main line, centered in Mosul, ruled from 990 to 1096. History Rise ...

. He also made some fruitless attempts to capture Iraq and regain his throne. He later died in 1049 at Mayyafariqin.

References

* {{cite book , title = The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs , year = 1975 , publisher = Cambridge University Press , location = Cambridge , editor-last = Frye , editor-first = R. N. , last = Bosworth , first = C. E. , author-link = C. E. Bosworth , chapter = Iran under the Buyids , pages = 250–305 , isbn = 0-521-20093-8 , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=hvx9jq_2L3EC&q=the+cambridge+history+of+iran+4 Buyid princes 1049 deaths 11th-century Iranian people Heirs apparent who never acceded Year of birth missing