Qawurd

Qavurt Beg (Kawurd; † 1073 / 4 ) was the son of seldschukischen Prince Tschaghri Beg , located in Kerman firmly placed and liked to 1186/7 ruling, independent dynasty established ( Kerman Seldschuken ).

In 433 n. H. (d. H. 1041) Qavurt Beg was in the course of a thrust against the Buyids the Lord of Kerman. But the capital Bardasir seems to have remained the property of the Dailamites and was only handed over to him in 440 AD (1048/9). Around 1048 he incorporated the mountain inhabitants ( Kufs , Baluch ) in the south of the province and in 454/5 AD (1062/3) he occupied the Dailamite principality in Fars . Its ruler was already a vassal of the Seljuks, but was killed in 1062 by the rebellious Kurdish leader Fadluya († 1069), whereupon Qawurd Beg intervened and defeated Fadluya. Immediately afterwards, Qawurd assembled a fleet in Hormuz and thus conquered Oman , which he regarded as wealthy and defenseless (1064). He also intervened (at an unspecified time) in Sistan .

The ruler endeavored to graze his flocks in the steppe and keep them away from the arable land, and also to employ his troops outside the country. His measures to secure trade routes are also mentioned. He put an end to the robberies of the mountain dwellers (kufs, Baluch), had pillars erected as signposts, caravanserais and water tanks.

Qawurd issued a large number of his own coins (with his father's name), used a parasol, tughra and titles of rulers. As early as 1066/7 he rose up against his brother, the Sultan Alp Arslan (r. 1063-1072) and removed his name from the Chutba . Alp Arslan came to Kerman with an army, but forgave him and reinstated him as governor. After his brother's death he was (as a senior family) with the accession of Malik Shah disagree (r. 1072-92), rushed from Oman zoom and occupied Isfahan , but was in a three-day Battle of Karaj near Hamadan defeated , caught and then (depending on the version) strangled or poisoned.

Malik Shah nevertheless installed Qawurd's sons Sultan Shah and Turan Shah as rulers of Kerman, who, according to Mirchond (15th century), ruled for twelve and thirteen years respectively.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} See The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5, p. 59.
2. ↑ Nagendra Kr.Singh: International encyclopaedia of Islamic dynasties, p. 969
3. ↑ The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume VI, Leiden 1987, p. 273
4. ↑ CE Bosworth (edited by): The history of the Seljuq Turks: from the Jāmi al-Tawārīkh, p. 58

literature

• C. Edmund Bosworth (edited by): The history of the Seljuq Turks: from the Jāmi al-Tawārīkh: an Ilkhanid adaption of the Saljūq-nāma of Ẓahīr al-Dīn Nīshāpūrī, Richmond (Surrey) 2001
• Johann August Vullers : Mirchonds history of the Seljuks. From d. Pers. for the first time. and with historical, geographical and literary notes. ("Historia Seldschukidorum"). Heyer, Giessen 1837.