Muhammad conquers the Ismaili fortress of Shahdiz …

Years: 1106 - 1106

Muhammad conquers the Ismaili fortress of Shahdiz in 1106, and orders the Bavandid ruler Shahriyar IV to participate in his campaign against the Ismailis.

Shahriyar, greatly angered and feeling offended by the message Muhammad had sent him, refuses to aid him against the Ismailis.

Shortly afterwards, Muhammad sends an army headed by Amir Chavli, who tries to capture Sari but is unexpectedly defeated by an army under Shahriyar and his son Qarin III.

Muhammad then sends a letter, requesting Shahriyar to send one of his sons’ children to the Seljuq court in Isfahan.

Shahriyar sends his son Ali I, who impresses Muhammad so much that he offers him his daughter in marriage, but Ali refuses and tells him to grant the honor to his brother and heir of the Bavand dynasty, Qarin III.

Qarin III then goes to Isfahan court and marries her.

After his return to Sari, however, he begins claiming the Bavand throne for himself, and starts abusing his father Shahriyar and his servants.

Shahriyar then moves to Amol and later Rudsar, where he builds a Khanqah (a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood), and devotes himself to religion.

However, when he becomes sick, Qarin III apologizes and restores him as the ruler of the Bavand dynasty.

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