Banu Ilyas
| Banu Ilyas | ||||||||||
| بنو الیاس Āl-e Ilyās |
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 The Ilyasids at their greatest extent
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| Capital | Bardsir | |||||||||
| Languages | Persian | |||||||||
| Religion | Islam | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
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| • | 932–967 | Muhammad ibn Ilyas | ||||||||
| • | 967–968 | Ilyasa ibn Muhammad | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Established | 932 | ||||||||
| • | Buyid conquest | 968 | ||||||||
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The Banu Ilyas (Persian: بنو الیاس) or Ilyasids was an Iranian dynasty of Sogdian origin which ruled Kerman from 932 until 968. Their capital was Bardasir.
Abu 'Ali Muhammad b. Ilyas was a member of the Samanid army and was of Sogdian origin. He supported the failed 929 coup against the Samanid amir Nasr b. Ahmad. After the rebellion failed he fled south, eventually arriving at Kerman in 932. He managed to extend his control over the northern part of the province, while the southern and eastern mountainous portions remained under the control of the local Baloch and Qufs. Despite Samanid and later Buyid attempts to expel him from Kerman, he succeeded in maintaining his rule there for over thirty years. He acknowledged either the Samanids or the Buyids as his overlords but was effectively independent. In 967 he suffered a stroke and was eventually compelled to abdicate in favor of his son Ilyasa.
Ilyasa b. Muhammad quickly angered the neighboring Buyids under 'Adud al-Daula by arguing over some territory on the border of Kerman and Fars. Before invading Kerman, 'Adud made sure to win over members of Ilyasa's army. This strategy was effective; when he did invade and capture Bardasir, the bulk of Ilyasa's army deserted him. Control of Kerman was transferred nominally to 'Adud's son Abu'l Fawaris Shirzil, while 'Adud's general Gorgir (Kurkir) was given real control. Ilyasa fled to Bukhara, where the Samanids welcomed him, but he aroused their hostility by complaining that they would not help him retake Kerman. He was expelled from Bukhara to Khwarazm, while the governor of Khurasan seized the possessions of Ilyasa's that he had left in Kuhistan. In Khwarazm Ilyasa was stricken with sympathetic ophthalmia and he soon died.
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