Muhammad Ibn Ilyas
Abu 'Ali Muhammad ibn Ilyas (Persian: ابوعلی محمد بن الیاس; died 967 or 968) was the Ilyasid ruler of northern Kerman from 932 until 967. For over thirty years he was able to maintain a virtually independent territory against his aggressive neighbors, the Samanids and Buyids.
Read more about Muhammad Ibn Ilyas: Establishment of Rule in Kerman, Battle With The Samanids and Buyids, Rule in Kerman, Abdication and Death