Alavids

"Zaydids" redirects here. For the Shia religious community, see Zaidiyyah.

Alavid dynasty سلسله علویان طبرستان (Persian)
864–928
Map of the Alavid Emirate.
Capital	Amol
Language(s)	Persian, Arabic
Religion	Shia Islam
Government	Monarchy
Emir
- 864-884 (first)	Hasan ebne Zeid Hasani
- 916-928 (last)	Hasan ebne Ghasem Hasani
Historical era	Middle Ages
- Established	864
- Disestablished	928

Alavid era art: Bowl with white slip, incised design, colored, and glazed. Excavated at Sabz Pushan, Neishapur, Iran. 9th-early 10th centuey. New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.

History of Greater Iran
until the rise of modern nation-states
Pre-modern
Pre-Islamic  BCE Prehistory Proto-Elamite civilization 3200–2800 Elamite dynasties 2800–550 Bactria-Margiana Complex 2200–1700 Kingdom of Mannai 10th–7th cent. Median Empire 728–550 Achaemenid Empire 550–330 Seleucid Empire 330–150 Greco-Bactrian Kingdom 250-125 Parthian Empire 248–CE 224 CE Kushan Empire 30–275 Sassanid Empire 224–651 Hephthalite Empire 425–557 Kabul Shahi kingdom 565–879
Islamic  Patriarchal Caliphate 637–651 Umayyad Caliphate 661–750 Abbasid Caliphate 750–1258 Tahirid dynasty 821–873 Alavid dynasty 864–928 Saffarid dynasty 861–1003 Samanid dynasty 819–999 Ziyarid dynasty 928–1043 Buyid dynasty 934–1055 Ghaznavid Empire 975–1187 Ghurid dynasty 1149–1212 Seljuq Empire 1037–1194 Khwarazmian dynasty 1077–1231 Ilkhanate 1256–353 Kartids dynasty 1231–389 Muzaffarid dynasty 1314–1393 Chupanid dynasty 1337–1357 Jalayerid dynasty 1339–1432 Timurid Empire 1370–1506 Qara Qoyunlu Turcomans 1407–1468 Aq Qoyunlu Turcomans 1378–1508 Safavid Empire 1501–1722 Mughal Empire 1526–1857 Hotaki dynasty 1722–1729 Afsharid dynasty 1736–1750 Zand Dynasty 1750–1794 Durrani Empire 1794–1826 Qajar Dynasty 1794–1925

The Alavids or Alavians (سلسله علویان طبرستان in Persian; also Alijds), also known as the Zaydids, were a Zaidi Shia emirate based in Mazandaran (Tabaristan) of Iran. They were descendants of the second Shi'a Imam (Imam Hasan ibn Ali) and brought Islam to the south Caspian Sea region of Iran. Their reign was ended when they were defeated by the Samanid empire in 928 AD. After their defeat some of the soldiers and generals of the Alavids joined the Samanid dynasty. Mardavij the son of Ziar was one of the generals that joined the Samanids. He later founded the Ziyarid dynasty. Ali, Hassan and Ahmad the sons of Buye [bu:je] (that were founders of the Buyid or Buwayhid dynasty) were also among generals of the Alavid dynasty who joined the Samanid army.

Their capital was the city of Amol.

List of Alavid Amirs

• Hasan ebne Zeid Hasani "Da'i Kabir" "Great Missionary" (864-884)
• Mohammad ebne Zeid (884-900)
• Samanids capture Tabaristan Alavis flee to Gilan in exile (900-913)
• Hasan ebne Ali Hoseini “Nasir Kabir” “Great Defender” (913-916)

Split of Alavis: Anti-Samanid & Pro-Samanid:

Anti-Samanids:

• Hasan ebne Ghasem Hasani “Da’i Saqir” “Young Misionary” (916-928)

Pro-Samanids:

• Ahmad ibn Hassan “Nasir Kabir” (916-923)
• Jafar ibn Hasan “Nasir Kabir” (916-924)
• Mohammad ibn Ahmad (924-927)
• Hassan ibn Ahmad (927)

See also

• History_of_mazandaran
• History of Iran
• List of kings of Persia
• List of Shi'a Muslims dynasties