Kar-Kiya dynasty

The Kar-Kiya dynasty, also known as the Kiya'ids, was a Zaydi Shia dynasty which ruled over Biya-pish (eastern Gilan) from the 1370s to 1592. They claimed Sasanian ancestry as well. Lahijan was the dynasty's capital.

Kar-Kiya dynasty
1370s–1592
Map of the political situation in northern Iran in 1425
Capital	Lahijan
Common languages	Persian, Gilaki
Religion	Zaydi Shia Islam
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Post-classical history
• Established	1370s
• Safavid conquest	1592
Succeeded by Safavid Iran

The Kar-Kiya 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 Kiya'id dynasty by dispatching an army to Gilan in 1592.[1]

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)

References

1. Kasheff 2001, pp. 635–642.

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