Around the year 314 AH, Abu Salim named Dism, the son of Ibrahim raised the flag of independence and sovereignty in the regions of Azerbaijan. According to the writings of Ibn Maskawieh, Dism’s father Ibrahim was one of the foreigners who fled to Azerbaijan, where he married the daughter of one of the Kurdish elders, and Dism was born of this woman. When he came of age, he joined Yusuf, the son of Abi al-Saj, and became one of the leaders of his army. Yusuf was one of the great and powerful rulers of Azerbaijan and had disobeyed the orders of the Caliph of Baghdad for many years. He was later captured and imprisoned in Baghdad for three years. In the year 310 AH, the Caliph of Baghdad again gave him the rule of Azerbaijan, Arran and Armenia, and entrusted him with Ray, Qazvin, Abhar and Zangan. Yusuf was killed in the year 314 in the war with the Qarmatians, who were fierce enemies of the Abbasid Caliphate. On his death, Dism declared himself ruler of Azerbaijan, and because he followed a foreign religion, and the foreigners did not believe in the caliphate, he ruled independently, without orders from Baghdad.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 16 September 2024
