Abu'l-Ali Ma'mun ibn Muhammad (died 997) was ruler of
Khwarazm
Khwarazm (; ; , ''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 east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by th ...
from 995 until his death in 997. He was the founder of the
Ma'munid dynasty, which lasted from 995 until 1017.
Ma'mun was originally the
Samanid governor of southern Khwarazm, with his capital at
Gurganj
Konye-Urgench (, ; , ), also known as Old Urgench or Urganj, was a city in north Turkmenistan, just south from its border with Uzbekistan. It is the site of the ancient town of Gurgānj, which contains the ruins of the capital of Khwarazm. Its in ...
. In 995 he invaded northern Khwarazm and deposed the last
Afrigid Shah Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad (who was also a Samanid vassal), therefore uniting the province under his rule he would be the
namesake for the
Ma'munids who would stay in power for 3 decades. Upon his death in 997, his son
Abu al-Hasan Ali 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
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