Mar'ashis

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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
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
Preceded by Succeeded by Afrasiyab dynasty Safavid Empire
Today part of	Iran

Sources

• 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.

External links

• Madelung, W. "ʿALIDS OF ṬABARESTĀN, DAYLAMĀN, AND GĪLĀN". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition. Retrieved 12 May 2014.