Sahl Smbatean

Sahl Smbatean (Lang-hy|Սահլ Սմբատյան), also known as Sahl ibn Sumbat in Arab sources, was an Armenian prince of Shaki, during the 9th century A.D. [tr icon Yıldız, Dursun (1980). "İslâmiyet ve Türkler". Çağrı yayınları, p. 147.] [The History of Al-Tabari Vol XXXIII translated by C.E Bosworth, State University of New York Press, 1991, p. 76.] [Mohamed Rekaya. "Le Ḫurram-dīn et les mouvements ḫurramites sous les 'Abbāsides: Réapparition du Mazdakisme ou Manifestation des G̣ulāt-Musulmans Dans l'Ex-Empire Sassanide aux VIIIe et IXe Siècles AP. J.-C.?", "Studia Islamica", No. 60. (1984), p. 46.] . After the fall of the Mihranid dynasty in 822, Sahl ruled a significant part of Caucasian Albania. Sahl initially provided refuge to Babak Khorramdin and fought with him against the Islamic conquest of Persia. However, later he assisted Afshin, the prominent general [Mohammad Arshad. "An Advanced History of Islam", Ideal Publications, 1967, p. 309] of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mutasim, in capturing Babak Khorramdin. In 854, Sahl was captured and imprisoned by Bugha al-Kabir al-Sharabi, the Turkish commander of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil. [Emeri “van” Donzel. "Islamic Desk Reference", BRILL, 1994, ISBN 9004097384, p. 110]

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