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Prince Rashid ibn Farrukhzad

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Reign
  
circa. 1221

Died
  
? probably Derbent

House
  
House of Shirvanshah

Successor
  
?

Issue
  
Unknown

Father
  
Shirvanshah Farrukhzad I

Prince Rashid — was a governor of Derbent during invasions of Jebe and Subutai. He was a younger brother of Shirvanshah Gushtasb I. He defended the city against Mongol armies successfully and forced them to pass Caucasus via alternative ways. He failed to defend himself against fleeing Kipchaks, but he managed to retake the city and put them to death.

Prince Rashid is a character appears on Tom Shanley's novel Dominion: Dawn of the Mongol Empire.

  • Tom Shanley - Dominion: Dawn of the Mongol Empire, 2008
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    Prince Rashid ibn Farrukhzad Wikipedia