Shahriyar II (
Persian: شهریار) was the eleventh ruler of the
Bavand dynasty from 930 to 964. He was the son and successor of
Sharwin II.
After the fall of the
Zaydids of
Tabaristan, Shahriyar II became involved in a power struggle between the
Buyids and
Ziyarids for the Tabaristan region. The Ziyarid ruler of Tabaristan,
Vushmgir
Zahir al-Dawla Vushmgir ( fa, ظهیرالدوله وشمگیر), mostly known as Vushmgir (also spelled as Voshmgir, Voshmger, Wushmgir, Wushmagir and Washmgir), was the second Ziyarid emir who ruled from 935 until his death in December 967. He w ...
, is known to have married the sister of Shahriyar. In 943, Vushmgir was expelled from Ray by the Buyid by
Rukn al-Dawla, and took refugee in the court of Shahriyar II. In 948, Rukn al-Dawla conquered Tabaristan, and forced Shahriyar to swear allegiance to the Buyids in person. However, Shahriyar still remained loyal to the Ziyarids and their Samanid overlords. Because of his pro-Ziyarid policies, Shahriyar was deposed in favor of his pro-Buyid brother
Rustam II in 964. Shahriyar later tried to reclaim the Bavand throne by invading Tabaristan with a Samanid army in 968, but to no avail.
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Bavand dynasty
10th-century monarchs in Asia
10th-century Iranian people