Last up dated 25th Sep. 1999

BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT ZIARI’S DYNASTY

In the year 922 AD, Mardavij, from the Ziari family in Daylaman (present day Gilan), entered the historical city of Isfahan after defeating the Abbasi’s army. Soon after, the cities of Kashan, Yazd and Hamedan were liberated. The military triumph was to result in something much wider: One of his achievements the rebirth of Persian language and culture. The Iranian renaissance was well on its way.       

Mardavij was a great patriot and a revolutionary leader. Upon his arrival in Isfahan, he asked the citizens to help him revive the Old Persian Empire with all its greatness and splendour, and to end the Arabs’ influence once and for all. His main aim was to unite the country and establish a system very similar to the Sassani dynasty (Dynasty before Arabs invention on Iran). He promised the freedom of religion and ideas, to abolish heavy taxes, and to respect the traditions of local people and tribes.    

”I defeated the caliphate army on the Azar-Ruz (9th day of 9th month of the Iranian year), the birth of light and fire, a lucky day for us all”, he added. “Nobody will be punished except the traitors to the motherland here in after. We will observe the Persian national festivals as our fathers did for centuries. We will celebrate Nowruz, Mehregan, and Jashn Sadeh, with grandeur and magnificence as a mark of remembrance of good thoughts, good words and good deeds”, he said. He was one who brought alive Nowruz, which we celebrate today.  

I should add that Mardavij was killed by his Turk servant called Bektozon during the Zoroastrian festival of Sadeh (Jashan-e Sadeh) in Isfahan when he was having a wash in bath; He planed to attack Baghdad for reconquering Teasfoon (Ayvan Madaen) after that festival of Sadeh. He called himself Khosrow III and wore the crown of Khosrow Anoshiravan, He was given a name Mard-Avizh (Special man) as he was very strong person and could wrestle any man to the ground.

Mardavij was murdered in reigned 945. After Mardavij, his brother Voshmgir maintained ziaris dynasty in the region southeast of the Caspian Sea. Ghabous ibn Voshmgir the sun of Voshmgir (reigned 997–1045) built himself a tomb tower, in Gonbad-e Ghabous (1006–07), which remains one of Iran's finest monuments and still surviving. The Ghabous-nameh, a prose “Mirror for Princes,” is one of the books he wrote, which is a valuable document on the social and political life of the time.

                                                        A.D.                 King                             A.H. (Khorshidi)

Mardavij                                   922 - 945               23 Years           301 - 324                   مرداویج پسر زیار زیاری   

Voshmgir                                   945 - 979              34                     324 - 358                                           وشمگیر

Bestoon                                     979 - 997              18                     358 - 376                               بیستون = بهستون

Ghabous                                    997 - 1045           48                     376 - 425                                              قابوس

Manochr                                  1045 - 1062           17                     424 - 441                                             منوچهر

Kalijar Anoshiravan                1062 -1083             21                    441 - 462                                  کالیجا انوشیروان

Dara                                        1083 - 1085            2                       462 - 464                                    دارا پسر قابوس

Anoshiravan                            1085 - 1088             3                      464 - 467       انوشیروان پسر منوچهر دوباره شاه شد

Askandar                                 1088 - 1096            8                      467 - 474                                                اسکندر

Kaykavoos                              1096 - 1104            8                     474 - 483                                               کیکاوس

Jahan-shah Gilan-shah            1104 - 1112             8                     483 - 491                               جهان شاه گیلان شاه

Ziari’s dynasty according to Iranian history last 170 years

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