The Marashiyan or Marashis (Mazandarani: مرعشیون; Persian: مرعشیان) were an Iranian Sayyid Twelver Shiʿite dynasty of Mazandarani origin, ruling in Mazandaran from 1359 to 1596. The dynasty was founded by Mir-i Buzurg, a Sayyid native to Dabudasht. Their capitals were Amol, Sari, and Vatashan.
Marashiyan Dynasty مرعشیون | |||||||||
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| 1359–1596 | |||||||||
 Map of the Marashiyan dynasty | |||||||||
| Capital | Amol, Sari, Vatashan | ||||||||
| Common languages | Mazanderani | ||||||||
| Religion | Twelver Shi'a Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
• 1359-1362 | Mir-i Buzurg (first) | ||||||||
• 1362-1392 | Rida al-Din | ||||||||
• 1362-1392 | Kamal al-Din I | ||||||||
• 1404-? | Ghiyas al-Din Ali | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 1359 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1596 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Iran | ||||||||
Sources
edit- Bosworth, C. E. (1984). "Āl-e Afrāsīāb". Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, Vol. I, Fasc. 7. New York. pp. 742–743.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Bosworth, C. E. (1986). "The Jalayirids, Muzaffarids and Sarbadars". In Frye, R. N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 6: The Timurid and Safavid periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–42. ISBN 9780521200943.
- Calmard, J (1991). "Marʿas̲h̲is". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VI: Mahk–Mid. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-08112-3.
- Manz, Beatrice Forbes (2007). Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-46284-6.
- Subtelny, Maria (2007). Timurids in Transition: Turko-Persian Politics and Acculturation in Medieval Iran. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16031-6.
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- Madelung, W. "ʿALIDS OF ṬABARESTĀN, DAYLAMĀN, AND GĪLĀN". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
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