[1] In 981/82, Muhammad III took the town of Qabala from its ruler, Abd al-Barr ibn Anbasa.
[1] In 989/90, the inhabitants of the town of al-Bab became enthusiastic supporters of Muhammad al-Tuzi, a preacher who had arrived from Gilan.
The supporters of al-Tuzi laid siege to the castle of Maymun, forcing him to flee to Tabarsaran in 990/91.
He was eventually taken back to Shirvan by his men after suffering a head injury from a battle-axe by Balid, a ghulams of Maymun, who subsequently reconquered al-Bab.
[1] Muhammad III died in November 991 and was succeeded by his brother Yazid II.