Afridun II

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| name = Afridun II

| title = Shah of Shirvan

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| reign = 1160 (?)

| predecessor = Manuchihr III of Shirvan

| successor = Akhsitan I

| royal house = Kasranid

| father = Manuchihr III of Shirvan

| issue = Fariburz II

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Afridun II was a Shah of Shirvan.{{Cite book |last=Ashurbeyli |first=Sara |title=Shirvanshahs' State |date=2006 |publisher=Poliqraf |isbn=978-5-87459-229-5 |location=Baku |pages=111–112 |language=az |author-link=Sara Ashurbeyli}} He may have ruled during a time in Shirvanshah history that scholarship has referred to "a period of total confusion", due to the lack of written records and contradictory numismatic evidence.{{sfn|Kouymjian|1969|p=183}} He was a son of Shirvanshah Manuchihr III ({{reign|1120|after 1160}}). He had had three brothers, Akhsitan I, Farrukhzad I, and Shahanshah.{{sfn|Kouymjian|1969|p=242}} He might not have even ruled. He left no numismatic evidence but known from his son Fariburz II's coins.

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  • {{cite book |last1=Kouymjian |first1=Dickran |url=https://www.academia.edu/8842506 |title=A Numismatic History of Southeastern Caucasia and Adharbayjan based on the Islamic Coinage of the 5th/11th to the 7th/13th Centuries |publisher=Columbia University |year=1969 |author-link=Dickran Kouymjian |url-access=registration}}

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{{s-bef|before=Shirvanshah Manuchehr III}}

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{{s-aft|after=Shirvanshah Akhsitan I}}

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Category:12th-century Iranian people