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Name: ziyarid dynasty

Type: Cluster

Start: 931 AD

End: 1090 AD

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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Ziyarid Dynasty
  • Ziyarid dynasty (Seljuk Empire)
  • Establishment


  • January 931: Ibn Ziyar (r. c. 931-935), a noble military leader from Gilan, took advantage of the collapse of the Abbasid Caliphate and the rebellion of a Samanid general to establish an independent rule on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea.
  • January 931: Central iran with Hamadan, Kashan e Isfahan conquered by Ziyarid Dynasty.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Tughril I


    Expansion during the rule of Tughril I in the Seljuk Empire.

  • January 1036: The Seljuk Empire or Seljuq Empire was established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks.
  • January 1043: In 1041/2, Seljuk Sultan Tughril conquered Tabaristan and Gurgan.
  • January 1043: In 1041/1042, the Seljuqs, now the new masters of Khorasan, invaded Anushirvan's domains, which forced him to accept their authority.
  • January 1044: Ray and Qazvin conquered by Seljuk Empire.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 935: Ali and Ahmad conquered Khuzistan, while Hasan captured the Ziyarid capital of Isfahan, and, in 943, captured Rey, which became his capital, thus conquering all of Jibal.

  • January 939: Central iran with Hamadan, Kashan e Isfahan conquered by Ziyarid Dynasty.

  • January 940: In 939, the Samanid governor Abu 'Ali Chaghani attacked Gorgan, a city in Iran. Vushmgir, the Ziyarid ruler of Gorgan, sought aid from Makan, a local ruler, but the city eventually fell to the Samanid forces after a prolonged siege.

  • January 941: Hasan furthered the Ziyarid's troubles by retaking Isfahan in 940.

  • January 981: The Ziyarid ruler was expelled by the Buyid ruler Adud al-Dawla in 980, because he gave refuge to the latter's rival and brother Fakhr al-Dawla.

  • January 999: The Buyids dominate Tabaristan.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1091: The Nizari Ismaili, a branch of Shia Islam, created a state of unconnected fortresses across Persia, Syria, and the Fertile Crescent, surrounded by huge swathes of hostile territory.
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