Abu'l-Ali Ma'mun ibn Muhammad (died 997) was ruler of

Khwarazm Khwarazm (; Old Persian: ''Hwârazmiya''; fa, خوارزم, ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the ea ...

from 995 until his death in 997. He was the founder of the

Ma'munid dynasty The Maʾmunids ( fa, مأمونیان) were an independent dynasty of Iranian rulers in Khwarazm. Their reign was short-lived (995–1017), and they were in turn replaced by the expansionist Ghaznavids. History The ancient Iranian kingdom of Kh ...

, which lasted from 995 until 1017. Ma'mun was originally the Samanid governor of southern Khwarazm, with his capital at

Gurganj Konye-Urgench ( tk, Köneürgenç / Көнеүргенч; fa, کهنه گرگانج, ''Kuhna Gurgānj'', literally "Old Gurgānj"), also known as Old Urgench or Urganj, is a city of about 30,000 inhabitants in north Turkmenistan, just south fro ...

. In 995 he invaded northern Khwarazm and deposed the last Afrigid Shah

Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad (killed 995) was the last ruler of the Afrighid dynasty of Khwarezm from 967 to 995. He was the son and successor of Abu Sa'id Ahmad. During the chaos that occurred among the Samanids, Khwarazm was not affected by it. Howev ...

(who was also a Samanid vassal), uniting the province under his rule. Upon his death in 997, his son

Abu al-Hasan Ali Abu al-Hasan 'Ali (died c. 1009) was ruler of Khwarazm (a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia) from 997 until his death c. 1009. The second member of the Ma'munid dynasty, he was the son of Ma'mun I ibn Muhammad ...

succeeded him.

References

*Bosworth, C.E. "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000-1217)." ''The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 4: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods.'' Ed. J.A. Boyle. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1968. 997 deaths Year of birth unknown 10th-century Iranian people Ma'munids {{Iran-royal-stub