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مرداويج بن زيار الجيلي

مرداويج بن زيار الجيلي

Founder of the Ziyarid power in Tabaristan and Jurjan; summoned from Gilan by Asfar ibn Shirawayh who made him army-commander, together they took Tabaristan 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Mardavij ibn Ziyar al-Jili, founder of the Ziyarid state in Tabaristan and Jurjan according to Ibn al-Athir. 2

His rise

Isfar ibn Shiruya summoned him from Gilan, made him commander of the army, and treated him well. They marched on Tabaristan and seized it. 2

He was one of the nobles of the Daylam. Some of them claimed to be descendants of Shiruya ibn Qawwad, brother of Khosrow Parviz. 2

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Washmakir ibn Ziyar
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Ziyarid dynasty

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Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 130
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.130
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Washmakir ibn Ziyar

Washmakir ibn Ziyar, brother of Mardawij ibn Ziyar of the Gilanite brothers of the Daylam; summoned from Gilan in 320 AH to back his brother and given the great commands, he took Tabaristan and Jurjan after Mardawij's killing and contested Rayy and Isfahan with Rukn al-Dawla ibn Buya — expelled from Isfahan in 327 then recovered it, lost Rayy to Abu Ali ibn Muhtaj of Khurasan and fell back on Tabaristan, and won Jurjan from al-Hasan ibn al-Fayruzan with Nuh ibn Saman's aid, staying locked in rivalry with the Buyids over the Jibal and Jurjan.