Ziyarid dynasty

The Ziyariden ( Germanized also Sijariden; persian Āl -e Ziyār ) were a Persian dynasty restaurant, which in the period from about 931-1090 on the northern Iranian regions Tabaristan and Gurgan prevailed ( the territory of the modern provinces of Mazandaran and Golestan ). Capitals were Astarabad and Amol.

Founder of the Muslim dynasty was Abu al - Hajjaj ibn Mardawidsch Ziyar (reigned about 931-935 ). The noble army commander of Gilan took advantage of the disintegration of the Abbasid Caliphate and the rebellion of a Samanid Generals from to build on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea an independent rule. Short term: He controlled a vast territory that included, among other things, Hamadan and Isfahan, but he was finally out of his - murdered Mamluk troops, so that the power of Ziyariden was again limited to Tabaristan - overflowing to the Buyids.

After the principality was then consolidated under Zahir al-Dawla Abu Mansur ibn Wuschmgir Ziyar (r. 935-967 ), it reached under Shams al - Maali Abu al -Hasan ibn Qaboos Wuschmgir (r. 978-1012 ), its political and cultural highlight: Qaboos promoted the arts and sciences, but had at times the occupation of the country by the Buyids ( 981-97 ) accept and later recognize the supremacy of the Ghaznavids. Falak al - Maali Manutschihr ibn Qaboos (reigned 1012-1029 ) was even son of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. As with Tabaristan the trade routes between Iraq, Khorasan and Transoxiana were controlled, the principality could reach a considerable economic prosperity.

From 1041 Ziyariden had the suzerainty of the Turkish Seljuk recognize until they were finally overthrown in 1090 by the invading into Tabaristan Assassins. Until the conquest by the Mongol Ilkhanid Tabaristan was then a center of the Ismaili sect.

The penultimate Ziyaridenfürst unsur al - Maali Kai Kaoos ibn Iskandar ibn Qaboos (reigned about 1049-1087 ), who also married a daughter of Mahmud of Ghazni, lived for eight years at Sultan ibn Masud Maudud and traveled widely (including to the Schaddadiden had undertaken to Arran ), gained fame as the author of a Persian prince mirror titled Qaboos nama, which he dedicated to his son Gilan Shah (ca. 1087-1090 ).