Abu-l-Aswar Shavur I bin al-Fadl I

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Abu-l-Asvar Shavur I bin al-Fadl I ruled as emir of Dvin and then Ganja. Became vassal to Great Seljuqs. Married the sister of Gagik II, king of Ani. The anonymous chronicle called the "Ta'rikh al-Bab wa Sharvan" says: "Abu-l-Asvar became strong and the situation of the subjects and the army became orderly." In 1053, he resumed the offensive against the Georgians and took from them the fortress of Basra, which he supplied with "men, victuals and arms." That same year he sent out his son Abu-Nasr Iskander to assume the duties of viceroy over Dwin and its dependencies. Despite the fact that he now controlled all Arran and ruled over a united Shaddadid emirate, Abu'l-Aswar still found himself a pawn between the two expanding powers, Byzantine and the Seljuk Turks. Like all the other princes, Kurdish and Armenian, who ruled buffer states between the two, he could anticipate only a future of vassalage to one or the other. In 1055, Toghrul Beg advanced through Azerbaijan, stopping off at Tabriz, where he received the submission of the Kurdish Rawwadid emir of Tabriz, "Wahsudan ibn Mamlan". He moved on to Ganja, where he acknowledged the like subservience of "Abu'-Aswar Shawur". Abu'l-Asvar Sharvur (Shuwar), launched a sanguinary raid on Byzantine Armenia between 1055 and 1056. He (or his lieutenants) advanced into the province of Shirak, many inhabitants of which attempted to find shelter behind the walls of Ani. They hastened toward the principal entrance into the city, which led over the river Akhurian, and some made it inside. At nightfall, however, the sentries closed the gates, leaving a great throng of fugitives stranded outside the city. The Shaddadid army, refusing to break stride in the darkness, threw themselves upon the masses huddled at the gates of Ani. They slaughtered a large number without hindrance, took a multitude of captives and much spoil, and returned home in triumph.(see [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SBL/is_18/ai_n13826854/pg_7] , p.7, p.15. p.20)