Islamic dynasties of Iran

This is a list of kings of Iran of the medieval Islamic period, AD 820 to 1432, arranged genealogically.

For the early Islamic period before 820, see:

• Umayyad dynasty, 661–750
• Abbasid dynasty, 750–1258 (brief/nominal ruling since 820)

For the period after 1506, see:

• Timurid dynasty, 1370–1506
• Turkomans: Qara Qoyunlu (1375–1468) and Ak Koyunlu (1378–1508)
• Safavid dynasty, 1502–1736
• Afsharid dynasty, 1736–1796
• Zand dynasty, 1750–1794
• Qajar dynasty, 1794–1925
• Pahlavi dynasty, 1925–1979

See also Monarchism in Iran.

Tahirid dynasty (820–872)

Alavid dynasty (864–928)

Hasanids

The Samanids captured Tabaristan, and the Alavids fled to Gilan in exile, 900–913.

Husaynids

Saffarid dynasty (861–1003)

Samanid dynasty (819–999)

Ziyarid dynasty (928–1043)

Buyid dynasty (934–1062)

Ghaznavids (963–1187)

Nasrid dynasty (Sistan) (1029–1225)

Great Seljuq Empire, 1037–1194

Khwārazm-Shāh dynasty (1077–1231)

Anushtiginids

- Mongol invasion of Khwarezmia, 1218–1221

- Mongol Empire, 1231–1256
- Ilkhanate, 1256–1335

Chupanids (1335–1357)

Muzaffarids (1335–1393)

Jalayirids (1335–1432)

See also

• Shah
• Timurid family tree
• Genealogy of Ilkhans
• Safavid dynasty family tree

Notes and references

Bibliography

• Zambaur, E. Manuel (1927). de genealogie et de chronologie pour l'historie de l'Islam. Hannover.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1967). The Islamic Dynasties: a Chronological and Genealogical survey. Edinburgh.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• The Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 4, The Period From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs, Cambridge University Press, 1975.
• The Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 5, The Saljuq and Mongol Periods, Cambridge University Press, 1968.
• The Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 6, The Timurid and Safavid Periods, Cambridge University Press, 1986.
• The Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 7, From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic, Cambridge University Press, 1991.

External links

• Media related to Iranian Muslim dynasties at Wikimedia Commons