Baduspanids

The Baduspanids or Badusbanids (Persian: پادوسبانیان) were a local dynasty of Tabaristan which ruled over Ruyan/Rustamdar. The dynasty was established in 665, and ended in 1598 when the Safavids invaded their domains.[1][2]

Baduspanids پادوسبانیان
665–1598
The Baduspanids in 1346, during the reign of Jalal al-Dawla Iskandar (r. 1333–1360)
Common languages	Persian Caspian languages
Religion	Zoroastrianism (665-9th-century) Islam (9th-century-1598)
Government	Monarchy
Ispahbadh Ustandar Malik
• 665–694	Baduspan I (first)
• 1590–1598	Jahangir IV (last)
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	665
• Safavid conquest	1598
Preceded by Succeeded by Dabuyid dynasty Safavid Iran

History

The founder of the Baduspanid dynasty was Baduspan I, who was the son of Gil Gavbara, the founder of the Dabuyid dynasty. Thus making the Baduspanids of Sasanian descent like the Dabuyids.[1][2]

Known Baduspanid rulers

• 665-694 : Baduspan I
• 694-723 : Khurzad ibn Baduspan
• 723-762 : Baduspan II
• 762-791 : Shahriyar I ibn Baduspan
• 791-822 : Vanda-Umid
• 822-855 : Abdallah ibn Vanda-Umid

Afridunid line

• 855-??? : Afridun ibn Karan
• ???-??? : Baduspan III
• ???-??? : Shahriyar II ibn Baduspan
• 887-899 : Hazar Sandan

Shahriyarid line

• 899-938 : Shahriyar III ibn Jamshid
• 938-965 : Muhammad
• 965-??? : Istwandad
• 974-1010 : Zarrin-Kamar I
• 1010-1036 : Ba-Harb
• 1036-1067 : Fakhr al-Dawla Namavar I
• 1067-1092 : Ardashir
• 1092-1132: Hazarasp I
• 1117-1168 : Shahrivash
• 1168-1184 : Kai Ka'us I
• 1184-1190 : Hazarasp II
• 1190-1209 : Bavandid occupation
• 1209-1213 : Zarrin-Kamar II
• 1213 -1223 : Bisutun I
• 1223-1242/1243 : Fakhr al-Dawla Namavar II
• Died in 1242 : Hosam al-Dawla Ardashir
• 1242- ???? : Iskandar I
• 1242-1272 : Shahragim
• 1272-1301 : Namawar Shah Ghazi
• 1301-1311 : Kay Khusraw
• 1311-1317 : Shams al-Muluk Muhammad
• 1317-1324 : Nasir al-Din Shahriyar
• 1324-1333 : Taj al-Dawla Ziyar
• 1333-1359 : Jalal al-Dawla Iskandar
• 1359-1378 : Fakhr al-Dawla Shah-Ghazi
• 1378-1379 : Adud al-Dawla Qubad
• 1379-1391 : Mar'ashi occupation
• 1391-1394 : Sa'd al-Dawla Tus
• 1399-1453 : Kayumarth I

Nur branch

• 1453-1467 : Ka'us II
• 1467-1499 : Jahangir I
• 1499-1507 : Bisutun II
• 1507-1550 : Bahman of Tabaristan
• 1550-1576 : Kayumarth IV
• 1582-1586 : Sultan Aziz
• 1586-1593/1594 : Jahangir III

Kojur branch

• 1453-1476 : Iskandar IV
• 1476-1491 : Taj-al-Dawla ibn Iskandar
• 1491-1507 : Ashraf ibn Taj al-Dawla
• 1507-1543 : Ka'us III
• 1543-1555 : Kayumarth III
• 1555-1567 : Jahangir II
• 1568-1590 : Sultan Mohammad ibn Jahangir
• 1590-1598 : Jahangir IV

References

1. Madelung 1988, pp. 385–391.
2. Ghereghlou 2018.

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