Islamic dynasties of Iran
This is a list of kings of Iran of the medieval Islamic period, AD 820 to 1432, arranged genealogically.
For the early Islamic period before 820, see:
- Umayyad dynasty, 661–750
- Abbasid dynasty, 750–1258
- Timurid dynasty, 1370–1506
- Turkomans: Qara Qoyunlu and Ak Koyunlu
- Safavid dynasty, 1502–1736
- Afsharid dynasty, 1736–1796
- Zand dynasty, 1750–1794
- Qajar dynasty, 1794–1925
- Pahlavi dynasty, 1925–1979
Alavid dynasty (864–928)
Hasanids
The Samanids captured Tabaristan, and the Alavids fled to Gilan in exile, 900–913.Buyid dynasty (934–1062)
Ghaznavids (963–1187)
----Nasrid dynasty (Sistan) (1029–1225)
----Khwārazm-Shāh dynasty (1077–1231)
Anushtiginids- Mongol invasion of Khwarezmia, 1218–1221
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- Mongol Empire, 1231–1256
- ''Ilkhanate, 1256–1335''