Qabus
Sign in to saveQabus ibn Wushmagir (full name: Abol-Hasan Qābūs ibn Wušmagīr ibn Ziyar Sams al-maʿālī, ; (died 1012) (r. 977–981; 997–1012) was the Ziyarid ruler of Gurgan and Tabaristan in medieval Iran. His father was Vushmgir and his mother was a daughter of the Bavandi Ispahbad Sharwin II.
Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Qabus
- Monarch.title
- Emir of the Ziyarid dynasty
- Monarch.succession
- Emir of Tabaristan
- Monarch.image
- Coin of Qabus, minted in Jurjan (Gorgan).jpg
- Monarch.caption
- Coin of Qabus minted in Jurjan
- Monarch.reign1
- 977 – 981
- Monarch.reign
- 997 – 1012
- Monarch.predecessor1
- Bisutun
- Monarch.successor1
- Mu'ayyad al-Dawla (as Buyid Emir)
- Monarch.predecessor
- Fakhr al-Dawla (as Buyid Emir)
- Monarch.successor
- Manuchihr
- Monarch.issue
- ManuchihrIskandar
- Monarch.royal house
- Ziyarid
- Monarch.father
- Vushmgir
- Monarch.birth_date
- 10th century
- Monarch.death_date
- 1012
- Monarch.death_place
- Gorgan
- Monarch.religion
- Islam
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- Struggle for power
- Reign
- References
- External links
Qabus ibn Wushmagir (full name: Abol-Hasan Qābūs ibn Wušmagīr ibn Ziyar Sams al-maʿālī, ; (died 1012) (r. 977–981; 997–1012) was the Ziyarid ruler of Gurgan and Tabaristan in medieval Iran. His father was Vushmgir and his mother was a daughter of the Bavandi Ispahbad Sharwin II.
==Struggle for power== Upon Vushmgir's death in 967, his eldest son Bisutun marched to the capital Gurgan to take control of the Ziyarid state. A Samanid army that had arrived shortly before Vushmgir's death for a joint campaign against the Buyids, however, threw its support behind Qabus. When Bisutun gained the assistance of the Buyid Rukn al-Dawla the Samanid army left for Khurasan. Qabus found a new ally in al-Hasan ibn al-Fairuzan, who ruled in Semnan, but Bisutun occupied both Gurgan and Semnan, forcing Qabus to give up his claims as his father's successor.