Qubad () was the thirteenth
Shah
Shāh (; ) is a royal title meaning "king" in the Persian language.Yarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989) Though chiefly associated with the monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Per ...
of
Shirvan
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, a younger brother of his predecessor
Ali II.
Reign
His reign saw arrival of
Seljuks
The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; , ''Saljuqian'',) alternatively spelled as Saljuqids or Seljuk Turks, was an Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persian culture.
The founder of th ...
in the region. He built a strong defense wall around
Shamakhi
Shamakhi (, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to th ...
in order to protect it from
Oghuz invasions who were at the time already besieging
Ganja
''Ganja'' (, ; ) is one of the oldest and most commonly used synonyms for cannabis flower, specifically marijuana or hashish. Its usage in English dates to before 1689.
Etymology
''Ganja'' is borrowed from Hindi (, IPA: aːɲd͡ʒa ...
. He reigned for 6 years and died on 28 July 1049.
He was succeeded by his nephew
Bukhtnassar Ali. A daughter of his was married off to a Turkic warlord called Qara-Tegin by
Fariburz I
Fakhr al-Din Fariburz ibn Sallar (), better simply known as Fariburz I (), was the sixteenth Shah of Shirvan, ruling from 1063 to 1096. His reign saw many major political balance changes in Caucasus, including expansion by the Seljuqs. He was consi ...
.
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11th-century monarchs in the Middle East
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