 | | History of Iran | | edit | The Alavids (سلسله علویان طبرستان in Persian) were a Shia emirate based in Tabaristan of Iran. They were decendants of the second shi'it imam ( imam hassan ) and brought islam to the south Caspian sea reagon of Iran. Their riegn 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 Samanids dynasty. Mardavij the son of Ziar was one of the generals which joined the samanids. he later founded the Ziyarid dynasty. Ali, Hassan and Ahmad the sons of Buye [bu:je] whom were founders of the Buye dynasty were also generals of the Alavid dynasty which joined the Samanid army File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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List of Alavid Amirs
- Hasan ebne Zeid Hasani, Emir 864-884
- Mohammad ebne Zeid, 884-900
- Hasan ebne Ali Hoseini, 913-916
- Hasan ebne Ghasem Hasani, 916-928
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