Ma'munids

The Maʾmunids (Persian: مأمونیان‎) were an independent dynasty of Iranian rulers[1] in Chorasmia.[2] Their reign was short-lived (995–1017), and they were in turn replaced by the expansionist Ghaznavids.

Ma'munid dynasty
995–1017
Status	Monarchy
Capital	Gurganj
Common languages	Khwarezmian language
Religion	Islam
Government	Monarchy
Khwarazm-Shah
• 1017	Ma'mun I ibn Muhammad (first)
•	Abu'l-Harith Muhammad (last)
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	995
• Ghaznavid conquest of Khwarezm.	1017
Preceded by Succeeded by Afrighids Ghaznavids

Rulers and kingdom

The ancient Iranian kingdom of Khwarazm had been ruled until 995 by the old established line of Afrighids of Kath.[2] Khwarazm, or the classical Chorasmia, was the well irrigated and rich agricultural region of lower Oxus. Surrounded on all sides by steppe land and desert, it was geographically isolated from other areas of civilization. This isolation allowed it to maintain a separate distinctive Iranian language and culture.[2]

The Ma'munids replaced the ancient line of Afrighid Khwarazmshahs. The name of the rulers of this were:

1. Ma'mun I ibn Muhammad, 995-997

2. Abu al-Hasan Ali, son of Ma'mun I997-1008/1009

3. Ma'mun II, son of Ma'mun I, 1008-09

4. Abu'l-Harith Muhammad, son of Abu al-Hasan Ali, 1017

They were in turn displaced by the Ghaznavids.

Further reading

• "ĀL-E MAʾMŪN, C.E. Bosworth, in Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I, Fascicle 7, pp.762-764
• Clifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996, pp. 178-180

References

1. "ĀL-E MAʾMŪN (or Maʾmunids)" in Encyclopedia Iranica by C.E. Bosworth
2. Clifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996.