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Revision as of 13:28, 4 July 2007 by Hajji Piruz (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Sahl ibn-Sunbat, or Sahl i Smbatean was a prince of Shaki and later ruler of a significant part of Caucasus Albania after the fall of Mihranids. Some sources state he was Armenian, while others say he was Albanian. According to Minorsky, the exact origin of Sahl is not stated.. Sahl fought both the Arabs and Babak Khorramdin. According to Minorsky:
Sahl son of Smbat, lord of Shak'e, who captured Baban (Babak) was included in the great deportation of Armenian princes carried out by general Bugha..."
References
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- The History of Al-Tabari Vol XXXIII translated by C.E Bosworth, State University of New York Press, published 1991, page 76
- C. J. F. Dowsett. A Neglected Passage in the "History of the Caucasian Albanians". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 19, No. 3. (1957), pp. 456-468
- ^ V. Minorsky. Caucasica IV. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), pp. 504-529.