House of Derbent or Darbandids was a younger branch of Shirvanshahs that succeeded Kasranids.[1]

House of Derbent
Parent familyKasranids
Founded1382
FounderYazid ibn Ahmad
Final rulerAbu Bakr Mirza
TitlesShirvanshah
Connected familiesYazidids
Sharvashidze
Kasranids
Dissolution1602

Name

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Their derives from town of Derbent. Emirate of Derbent was ruled by local clan of Hashimids from 869 and was invaded numerous times by Shirvanshahs who saw the fief as their own.[2] Sometimes, sons or brothers of shahs were granted Derbent as a fief. Derbent was fully incorporated to Shirvan by 13th century. Prince Sultan Muhammad of Shirvan was a wali of Derbent whose son Ibrahim I of Shirvan was a first shah of branch.

Dynasty

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Family tree of Derbendis, including reigning shahs (with gold crown) and pretenders (in silver crown) and Tamerlane's dynasty.

Moreover, there were at least three pretenders - Mehrab, Qorban Ali Mirza, Qasem Mirza who claimed to have descended from Shirvanshah dynasty. However their exact relationship is unknown. Although Tārīkh-i Quṭb-i Shāhīyah claims a certain prince called Hamza was a son of Farrukh Yassar who took part in a campaign during reign of Ahmad Jalayir,[3] this is chronologically impossible.

References

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  1. ^ Minorsky 1958, p. 130.
  2. ^ Minorsky 1958, p. 122.
  3. ^ Minorsky, V. (1955). "The Qara-qoyunlu and the Qutb-shāhs (Turkmenica, 10)". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 17 (1): 50–73. ISSN 0041-977X.

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