'Imran ibn Shahin (Arabic: عمران بن شاهين) (died 979) was a Nabataean and the founder of a state in the Batihah marshlands in the 10th century.
Having committed a crime in Jamidah, 'Imran fled to the neighboring swamps to avoid punishment by the local government.
From there he managed to gain the cooperation of fellow criminals and local fisherman, and was able to set up a robber state, defying government authority.
He managed to expand his power when the Biridis of Basra charged him with the protection of Jamidah and the parts of Ahvaz lying within the Batihah.
Mu'izz al-Daula, after receiving numerous complaints from his officers, sent another army in 950 or 951, under the joint command of Ruzbahan and the amir's vizier al-Muhallabi.
A false rumor of Mu'izz al-Daula's death in 955, however, prompted 'Imran to seize a Buyid convoy traveling from Ahvaz to Baghdad.
War between the two sides resumed in the summer 971, when 'Izz al-Daula's vizier Abu'l-Fadl suggested carrying out an attack against the Batihah in an effort to plunder the robber-state and relieve the Buyids' financial troubles.
He dammed all the waterways leading into the marshes in order to destroy 'Imran's advantage, and built a dyke that allowed his troops to march up to 'Imram's capital fortress.
He sent him robes of honor, with a title Mu'in al-Daula and asked for military support, as well as his daughter's hand in marriage.