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in 1260.

Reign

No numismatic evidence of his reign exists. He was probably a nominal ruler under

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, Mongol Viceroy of Arran and

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under Hulagu and

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. However, he left an epigraphic evidence dating 1266 with the title "''As-sultan al-azim Abu-l-Fath Farrukhzad ibn Akhsitan ibn

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ibn Garshasf''" in a mosque of

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. Another epigraphic mention of him was on

Bibi-Heybat Mosque The Bibi-Heybat Mosque () is located in the village of Bibiheybət, near Baku, Azerbaijan. The current structure, completed in the 1990s, replicates the original 13th-century mosque built at the behest of Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II Ibn Ahsitan II ...

dated 1281.

References

1282 deaths Year of birth unknown 13th-century Iranian people {{Iran-royal-stub