Rustam III (
Persian: رستم), was the ruler of the
Bavand dynasty
The Bavand dynasty () (also spelled Bavend), or simply the Bavandids, was an Iranian dynasty that ruled in parts of Tabaristan (present-day Mazandaran province) in what is now northern Iran from 651 until 1349, alternating between outright i ...
from 1117 to 1118. He was the son and successor of
Qarin III.
Rustam III, shortly after his accession of the Bavandid throne, was challenged by his uncle
Ali I, who claimed the Bavandid throne for himself. The
Seljuq Sultan
Muhammad I, then requested the two Bavandid rivals to appear in the Seljuq court of
Isfahan. Rustam, however, refused, but later changed his mind and went to Isfahan, where he shortly fell ill and died. According to some sources, Rustam was poisoned by his stepmother, the sister of Muhammad I, who wanted to marry Ali I. Ali I then ascended the Bavandid throne.
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Bavand dynasty
12th-century monarchs in Asia
12th-century Iranian people
1118 deaths
Year of birth missing