Muhammad ibn Haytham or Muhammad I () was second
shah
Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...
of
Shirvan after death of his father
Haytham b. Khalid
Haytham ibn Khalid was the first Shirvanshah, or independent ruler of Shirvan, renouncing the suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphate in 861 and beginning the Mazyadid dynasty.
Biography
He was the son of the Shaybani Arab Khalid ibn Yazid al-S ...
. Information about him is minimal. He was described as a person "''who carried on his father’s tradition of justice and war against the infidel''" and as someone who has left "''exalted memories''". He was succeeded by his son
Haytham II.
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