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Alid dynasties of northern Iran

Zaydi Alid dynasties of northern Iran
علویون طبرستان
تبرسّون ِعلویون
864–900
914–928

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Map of the Alid Emirate
Capital Amol
Languages Arabic, Mazandarani
Religion Zaydi Shi'a Islam
Government Theocratic monarchy
Imam/Emir
 •  864–884 (first) Hasan ibn Zayd al-Da'i ila'l-Haqq
 •  927–928 (last) Hasan ibn Qasim al-Da'i ila'l-Haqq
Historical era Middle Ages
 •  Established 864
 •  Disestablished 928
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Abbasid Caliphate
Samanid dynasty
Samanid dynasty
Samanid dynasty

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Alid dynasties of northern Iran or Alâvids. In the 9th–14th centuries, the northern Iranian regions of Tabaristan, Daylam and Gilan, sandwiched between the Caspian Sea and the Alborz range, came under the rule of a number of Alid dynasties, espousing the Zaydi branch of Shi'ism. The first and most powerful Zaydi emirate was established in Tabaristan in 864 and lasted until 928. It was interrupted by Samanid occupation in 900, but restored in 914 by another Alid branch. The second period of the Alid emirate was plagued by internal dissensions and power struggles between the two branches, and ended in the second conquest of the region by the Samanids in 928. Subsequently, some of the soldiers and generals of the Alavids joined the Samanids, among them Mardavij, founder of the Ziyarid dynasty, and the three sons of Buya (Ali, Hassan and Ahmad), founders of the Buyid dynasty.

Local Zaydi rulers survived in Daylam and Gilan until the 16th century.


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