Sahl Smbatean (Armenian: Սահլ Սմբատյան), also known as Sahl ibn Sunbat in Arab sources, was Albanian prince[1] of Shaki, during the 9th century A.D.[2][3][4]. After the fall of the Mihranid dynasty in 822, Sahl ruled a significant part of Caucasian Albania. Sahl initially provided refuge to Babak Khorramdin and fought with him against the Islamic conquest of Persia. However, later he assisted Afshin, the prominent general[5] of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mutasim, in capturing Babak Khorramdin. In 854, Sahl was captured and imprisoned by Bugha al-Kabir al-Sharabi, the Turkish commander of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil.[6]
References
- ^ C. J. F. Dowsett. "A Neglected Passage in the "History of the Caucasian Albanians"", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 19, No. 3. (1957), p.463: "Among the prisoners captured by Bogha al-Kabir in 854, John Catholicos and Tovma Arcruni mention three Albanian princes: Atrnerseh, lord of Khachen, Sahl Smbatean, lord of Shake, Esay Abu Musa, lord of Ktish in Artsakh."
- ^ Template:Tr icon Yıldız, Dursun (1980). İslâmiyet ve Türkler. Çağrı yayınları, p. 147.
- ^ The History of Al-Tabari Vol XXXIII translated by C.E Bosworth, State University of New York Press, 1991, p. 76.
- ^ Mohamed Rekaya. "Le Ḫurram-dīn et les mouvements ḫurramites sous les 'Abbāsides: Réapparition du Mazdakisme ou Manifestation des G̣ulāt-Musulmans Dans l'Ex-Empire Sassanide aux VIIIe et IXe Siècles AP. J.-C.?", Studia Islamica, No. 60. (1984), p. 46.
- ^ Mohammad Arshad. An Advanced History of Islam, Ideal Publications, 1967, p. 309
- ^ Emeri “van” Donzel. Islamic Desk Reference, BRILL, 1994, ISBN 9004097384, p. 110