Abu Mansur Khusrau Firuz (), better known by his ''

laqab Arabic names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from Arabic-speaking and also non-Arab Muslim countries have not had given name, given, middle name, middle, and family names but rather a chain of names. This system ...

'' of Al-Malik al-Aziz (

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: الملك العزيز, "the strong king"), was a

Buyid The Buyid dynasty or Buyid Empire was a Zaydi and later Twelver Shi'a dynasty of Daylamite origin. Founded by Imad al-Dawla, they mainly ruled over central and southern Iran and Iraq from 934 to 1062. Coupled with the rise of other Iranian dyna ...

prince who served as the governor of

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. He was the son of

Jalal al-Dawla Abu Tahir Firuz Khusrau (), better known by his ''laqab'' of Jalal al-Dawla (993 or 994 – March 1044), was the Buyid amir of Iraq (1027–1044). He was the son of Baha' al-Dawla. Biography In 1012, Jalal Al-Dawla's father died. His brother, ...

. During his father's lifetime, Al-Malik al-Aziz served as the governor of

, and was considered his heir. However, when his father died in 1044,

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, the Buyid ruler of Fars and

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, invaded

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, and captured

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. Al-Maik al-Aziz managed to flee from Baghdad, and take refuge with the Mazyadids, and then with the

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. He also made some fruitless attempts to capture Iraq and regain his throne. He later died in 1049 at Mayyafariqin.

References

* {{cite book, title=The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs, year=1975, publisher=Cambridge University Press, location=Cambridge, editor-last=Frye, editor-first=R. N., last=Bosworth, first=C. E., author-link=C. E. Bosworth, chapter=Iran under the Buyids, pages=250–305, isbn=0-521-20093-8, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvx9jq_2L3EC&q=the+cambridge+history+of+iran+4 Buyid princes 1049 deaths 11th-century Iranian people Heirs apparent who never acceded Year of birth missing