Abu'l-Ali Ma'mun ibn Muhammad (died 997) was ruler of

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from 995 until his death in 997. He was the founder of the

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, which lasted from 995 until 1017. Ma'mun was originally the

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governor of southern Khwarazm, with his capital at

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. In 995 he invaded northern Khwarazm and deposed the last Afrigid Shah

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(who was also a Samanid vassal), therefore uniting the province under his rule he would be the

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for the

Ma'munids The Maʾmunids () were an independent dynasty of Iranian rulers in Khwarazm. Their reign was short-lived (995–1017), and they were in turn replaced by the expansionist Ghaznavids. History The ancient Iranian kingdom of Khwarazm had been ruled ...

who would stay in power for 3 decades. Upon his death in 997, his son

Abu al-Hasan Ali Abu al-Hasan 'Ali (died c. 1009) was ruler of Khwarazm (a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia) from 997 until his death c. 1009. The second member of the Ma'munid dynasty, he was the son of Ma'mun I ibn Muhamm ...

succeeded him.

References

*Bosworth, C.E. "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000-1217)." ''The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 4: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods.'' Ed. J.A. Boyle. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1968. 997 deaths Year of birth unknown 10th-century Iranian people Ma'munids {{Iran-royal-stub