Kar-Kiya dynasty

The Kar-Kiya dynasty, or Kia dynasty, was a Zaydi Shia dynasty which ruled over Bia pish (eastern Gilan) from the 1370s to 1592. They claimed Sasanian ancestry as well.

The Karkiya dynasty helped shah Ismail I to establish the Safavid Empire and later became a vassal state of the empire. The Safavid shah, Abbas I put an end to the Kia'i dynasty by dispatching an army to Gilan in 1592.

Karkiya rulers

• Ali Kiya (r. 1370s-1389)
• Hady Kiya (r. 1389-1394)
• Amir Sayyed Mohammad (1394-1430)
• Sayyed Naser Kiya (1430-1448)
• Soltan-Mohammad Kiya (1448-1478)
• Soltan-Ali Mirza (1478-1505)
• Soltan-Ahmad Khan (r. 1506-1534)
• Soltan-Kiya Ali (1534-1534/5)
• Soltan-Hasan Kiya (1534/5-1538)
• Khan Ahmad Khan (r. 1538-1592)

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