Garshasp I

Kakuyid Emir of Hamadan

1012 CE to 1052 CE

Garshasp I ibn Muhammad, mostly known as Garshasp I, is the Kakuyid Emir of Hamadan, including Nihawand, Borujerd and western Jibal.

He is the youngest son of Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar, and is the vassal king of his brother Faramurz.

In 1047, the Seljuqs defeat his forces and conquer Hamadan, which forces him to flee to Buyid territory, where he becomes governor of Fars, and later dies in 1051/1052 in Khuzestan.

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