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Abu'l-Fath Muhammad ibn Annaz

r. c. 990–1010 · 11th century · Also known as Muhammad ibn Annaz

Abu'l-Fath Muhammad ibn Annaz was a Kurdish chief of the Shadhanjan tribe who founded the Annazid dynasty. Around 990, as Buyid authority weakened, he established himself at Hulwan on the road from Baghdad to Hamadan, and he ruled the frontier lands of western Iran and eastern Iraq for about twenty years. His descendants held parts of the region until the Seljuk period.

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