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Shahanshah
Copper fulus of Shahanshah, located in the Museum of History of Azerbaijan, Baku
Shirvanshah
Reign	c. 1180 – c. 1203
Predecessor	Akhsitan I
Successor	Farrukhzad I
Died	c. 1203
Dynasty	Kasranids
Father	Manuchihr III

Shahanshah was the Shirvanshah from c. 1180 to c. 1203.

He was a son of Shirvanshah Manuchihr III (r. 1120 – after 1160). He had had three brothers, Akhsitan I, Afridun II, and Farrukhzad I. It has been proposed that Manuchihr III may have divided his kingdom amongst his sons upon his death, due to coin mints demonstrating the coinciding reign of Akhsitan I, Shahanshah, Afridun II and his son Fariburz II. Afridun II and Fariburz II may have ruled in the western part of the kingdom, while coin mints of Shahanshah demonstrate that he was based in Shamakhi. However, the latter has also been suggested to have been the successor of Akhsitan I.

References

1. Kouymjian 1969, p. 241.
2. Kouymjian 1969, p. 242.
3. ^ Kouymjian 1969, p. 188.
4. Kouymjian 1969, pp. 184–194.
5. Kouymjian 1969, p. 193.

Sources

• Kouymjian, Dickran (1969). A Numismatic History of Southeastern Caucasia and Adharbayjan based on the Islamic Coinage of the 5th/11th to the 7th/13th Centuries. Columbia University.

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