List of Shia dynasties
The following is a list of Shia Muslim dynasties.
North Africa and Europe
- Idrisid dynasty — - Zaīdī
- Fatimid dynasty — - Isma'īlī
- Banu Kanz - — Isma'īlī
- Zirid dynasty - — Isma'īlī
- Kalbids — — Isma'īlī
- Hammudid dynasty — — Zaīdī
Iran and Caucasus
- Justanids — Zaidi
- Alavids — Zaidi
- Aishanids
- Ziyarid dynasty
- Buyid dynasty — Zaidi, later converted to Twelver
- Hasanwayhid
- Kakuyids
- Nizari Ismaili state — Nizari
- Ilkhanate — Öljaitü converted to Shi‘ism around 1310 and ruled until 1316, after which the Ilkhanate reverted to Sunnism under his son Abū Saʿīd.
- Sarbadars — Twelver
- Injuids — Twelver
- Marashiyan - Twelver
- Musha'sha'iyyah dynasty — Musha'sha
- Safavid dynasty — Twelver
- Erivan Khanate
- Kartli Bagrationi — Some Bagrationi rulers of this period professed Georgian Orthodoxy or Catholicism, Jesse converted to Sunni Islam in 1724 under Ottoman pressure.
- Kakheti Bagrationi — Some Bagrationi rulers of this period professed Georgian Orthodoxy or Catholicism.
- Afshars
- Baku Khanate
- Derbent Khanate
- Ganja Khanate
- Talysh Khanate
- Nakhichevan Khanate
- Karabakh Khanate
- Javad Khanate
- Zand dynasty - Twelver
- Qajar dynasty
- Pahlavi dynasty
Arabian Peninsula
Hijaz
- Sharifate of Mecca - Zaidi
- Sharifate of Medina - Twelver
Yemen
- Banu Ukhaidhir — Zaidi
- Rassids — Zaidi
- Sulayhid dynasty — Ismaili
- Sulaymanids – Ismaili
- Hamdanids (Yemen) – Ismaili
- Zurayids - Ismaili
- Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen — Zaidi
Bahrain
- Qarmatians — Isma'ili
- Uyunid Emirate — Twelver
- Usfurids — Twelver
- Jarwanid dynasty — Twelver
- Jabrids dynasty — Twelver
Levant and Iraq
Northern Iraq and Levant
- Hamdanid dynasty
- Numayrids
- Uqaylid Dynasty
- Mirdasids
- Banu Ammar
- Harfush dynasty
- Emirate of Jabal Amil
South and central Iraq
- Emirate of Al-Mukhtar Al-Mukhtar ruled most of Iraq, except for Basra. His rule also extended to Arminiya and Isfahan.
- Baridis dynasty They ruled Basra between the 10th and 11th centuries.
- Shahin dynasty - Formed and ruled over The Batihah, also known as The Great Swamp or The Marsh in the Iraqi Marshes.
- Mazyadids
- Kingdom of Khaza'il
- Al-Muntafiq Union It was a Shiite-Sunni confederation that included tribes in southern and central Iraq
Indian subcontinent
- Soomra dynasty — Isma'ili
- Bahmani Sultanate
- Bidar Sultanate
- Berar Sultanate
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Chak dynasty
- Qutb Shahi dynasty
- Adil Shahi dynasty
- Najm-i-Sani dynasty
- Nawabs of Oudh
- Nawabs of Bengal
- Talpur dynasty
- Hunza (princely state) — Isma'ili
- Nagar (princely state)
- Prithimpassa State
- Banganapalle State