Garshasp I

Garshasp I
Emir of Hamadan
Reign 1041 – 1047
Predecessor Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar
Successor Seljuq conquest
House Kakuyid
Father Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar
Died 1051/1052
Khuzestan
Religion Islam

Garshasp I ibn Muhammad (Persian: گرشاسپ بن محمد), mostly known as Garshasp I, was the Kakuyid emir of Hamadan, including Nihawand, Borujerd and western Jibal. He was the youngest son of Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar, and was the vassal king of his brother Faramurz. In 1047, the Seljuqs defeated his forces and seized Hamadan, which forced him to flee to Buyid territory, where he became governor of Khuzistan. In ca. 1050, Garshasp sent an army to aid the Ghaznavid ruler Maw'dud in his wars with the Seljuqs.[1] Garshasp later died in 1051/2 in Khuzestan.[2]

References

  1. Bosworth 1968, p. 53.
  2. Bosworth 1983, p. 328.

Bibliography

Preceded by
Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar
Kakuyid Emir of Hamadan
1041 – 1047
Succeeded by
Seljuq conquest