ʿAnnazid dynasty

Kurdish dynasty
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Also known as: Banū ʿAnnāz, Banū ʿAyyār
Also called:
Banū ʿAnnāz
Or:
Banū ʿAyyār

ʿAnnazid dynasty, Kurdish dynasty (c. 990/991–1117) that ruled territory on what is now the Iran-Iraq frontier in the central Zagros Mountain region, with major centres that included Dīnawar, Shahrazūr, and Kermānshāh. The ʿAnnazids oversaw a general period of political instability and, later supplanted by Oghuz Turkmen, were the last major Kurdish dynasty to rule in the central Zagros region. The dynasty, which had its base of power in the Kurdish Shādhanjān clan, was founded by Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAnnāz (died 1010). During his rule, which spanned 20 years, conflict with neighbouring groups—including the Ḥasanwayhid (Ḥasanūyid) dynasty, another Kurdish dynasty, ...(100 of 351 words)