Subuk (died 922?) was a

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who gained the governorship of

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in 919 and held it for three years. In 919, Subuk's master, the Sajid Yusuf Ibn Abu'l-Saj, was captured by forces of the caliph, with whom he had been at war. Acting in order to protect Yusuf's interests, Subuk took control of Azerbaijan. After defeating a caliphal army, he was recognized as governor of the province by

al-Muqtadir Abū’l-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Al-Mu'tadid, Aḥmad ibn Al-Muwaffaq, Ṭalḥa ibn Al-Mutawakkil, Jaʿfar ibn al-Mu'tasim, Muḥammad ibn Harun al-Rashid, Hārūn Al-Muqtadir bi'Llāh () (895 – 31 October 932 AD), better known by his regnal name a ...

. For the next three years, he awaited the return of Yusuf. The latter was freed from prison and returned to Azerbaijan in 922; Subuk had died by that time.

References

* Madelung, Wilferd. "Minor Dynasties of Northern Iran." ''The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: The Period From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs.'' p. 231 Ed. R. N. Frye. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975. Ghilman 10th century in the Abbasid Caliphate 920s deaths Sajid rulers {{hist-stub