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Ashot ibn Shavur

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Predecessor
  
Fadl ibn Shavur

Dynasty
  
Shaddadids

Successor
  
Fadl ibn Shavur

House
  
Shaddadids

Reign
  
August 1068 – April 1069

Father
  
Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl

Parents
  
Fadl ibn Shavur, Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl

Grandparents
  
Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl, Fadl ibn Muhammad

Ashot ibn Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl was a Shaddadid prince, the second son of Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl. During the captivity of his older brother Fadl ibn Shavur by the Georgians in 1068, he ruled in his stead as emir of Arran for eight months (August 1068 – April 1069), even minting coins in his own name and that of his overlord, the Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan.

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Ashot ibn Shavur Wikipedia