Sajids

"For the music director, see Sajid (music director)"The Sajid dynasty was an Islamic dynasty that ruled the Iranian region of Azerbaijan from 889-890 until 929.

The Sajids originated from the Central Asian province of Ushrusana and were of Sogdians [Clifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996. pg 147] [V. Minorsky, Studies in Caucasian history, Cambridge University Press, 1957. pg 111] descent. Muhammad ibn Abi'l-Saj Diwdad the son of Diwdad, the first Sajid ruler of Azerbaijan, was appointed as its ruler in 889 or 890. Muhammad's father Abi'l-Saj Devdad had fought under the Ushrusanan prince Afshin Khaydar during the latter's final campaign against the rebel Babak Khorramdin in Azerbaijan, and later served the caliphs. Toward the end of the 9th century, as the central authority of the Abbasid Caliphate weakened, Muhammad was able to form a virtually independent state. Much of the Sajids' energies were spent in attempting to take control of neighboring Armenia. The dynasty ended with the death of Abu'l-Musafir al-Fath in 929.

Chronology

*Abdu Ubaydullah Muhammad Ibn Abi'l-Saj (899-901)
*Abul Musafir Devdad Ibn Muhammad (901)
*Yusuf Ibn Abi'l-Saj (901-919)
**Subuk (919-922)
*Yusuf (restored) (922-928)
*Fath b. Muhammad b. Abi 'l Saj (928-929)Sajid ...

References

Literature

*Madelung, Wilferd. "Minor Dynasties of Northern Iran." "The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: The Period From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs." Ed. R. N. Frye. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975.
*Clifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996.
*V. Minorsky, Studies in Caucasian history, Cambridge University Press, 1957.