Kiya Husayn I (Persian: کیا حسین), was the third ruler of the Afrasiyab dynasty, ruling from 1403 till an unknown date. He was the son and successor of...

Kiya Husayn II (Persian: کیا حسین), was the last ruler of the Afrasiyab dynasty, ruling from the late 15th-century till his death in 1504. He was the...

Timur, had Iskandar's head sent to his son Kiya Husayn I, who had fortified himself in Firuzkuh. Kiya Husayn I, after having seen the head of his father...

of his sons, Kiya Husayn I, was pardoned by Timur, who allowed him to retain control over Firuzkuh. Iskandar was the youngest son of Kiya Afrasiyab of...

the son and successor of Kiya Husayn I. Not much more is known about him; he was later succeeded by his grandson Kiya Husayn II at an unknown date. Bosworth...

Ja'far ibn Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah; Arabic: حسن الصباح أو الحسن بن علي بن محمد بن الصباح الحميري; Persian: حسن صباح, romanized: Ḥasan-i Ṣabbāḥ;...

his vizier Mirza Shah Husayn, who became his close friend and Nadeem (i.e. drinking companion). This allowed Mirza Shah Husayn to gain influence and expand...

even supporting Sayyid Husayn Kiya in his bid for Lahijan. It would lead to an administrative restructure once the Kar-Kiya rebounded, where the children...

the Kar-Kiya ruler Sayyid Kiya Muhammad. In 1427, Kayumarth resumed his incursions, attacking Tonekabon and Alamut. A year later (1428), Kiya Muhammad...

Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd (Persian: کیا بزرگ امید; died 1138) was a dāʿī and the second ruler (da'i) of the Nizari Isma'ili State, ruling Alamut Castle from 1124...

Yusuf, commander Kiya Husayn ibn Abd al-Jabbar Amir Balqasim Shamshirzan (POW) , commander in Lambsar Amir Malikshah, commander Kiya Isma'il, commander...

was the son of Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd, and the third ruler of the Nizari Ismailis from 1138 until 1162 based in Alamut. Upon the demise of Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd...

such as Budaq Monshi Qazvini, she was the wife of the Afrasiyabid ruler Kiya Husayn II, who had during the dissolution of the Aq Qoyunlu confederation expanded...

fortification in Iran and Ismailites Assassins stronghold Hassan-i Sabbah Kia Bozorg Omid Muḥammad ibn Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd Ali al-Hadi ibn Nizar Al-Muhtadi (Nizari...

Kiya Abu'l-Fawaris Shahriyar ibn Abbas ibn Shahriyar (Persian: کیا ابوالفارس شهریار بن عباس بن شهریار), better simply known as Shahriyar ibn Abbas (شهریار...

who ruled at Alamut Hassan-i Sabbah (حسن صباح) (1050–1124) Kiya Buzurg-Ummid (کیا بزرگ امید) (1124–1138) Muhammad ibn Kiya Buzurg-Ummid (محمد بزرگ امید)...

(or 1102, per Juwayni) an Ismaili force under Kiya Buzurg-Ummid, Kiya Abu Ja'far, Kiya Abu Ali, and Kiya Garshasb attacked the castle and captured it....

Azerbaijan, in Harzandi Tati it is biri and in Karingani Tati it is bura (Kiya 1976). Shams Tabrizi was an Iranian Shafi'ite like the bulk of the Iranian...

1124, Hassan-i Sabbah died, leaving a legacy that reverberated throughout the Middle East for centuries. He was succeeded at Alamut by Kiya Buzurg Ummid...

commanders in Abbasid Baghdad until 891. The dynasty was founded by Tahir ibn Husayn, a leading general in the service of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun. For his...

execution in 1006/1597. Da'is who ruled at Alamut Da'i Hassan-i Sabbah (1090–1124) Da'i Kiya Buzurg-Ummid (1124–1138) Da'i Muhammad ibn Buzurg-Ummid (1138–1162)...

In later Seljuk times we hear of «Nusrat al-dīn Abul-Muzaffar Ispahbad Kiyā Livāshīr», to whom Khaqanī dedicated several poems in which he praised his...

others. Presentations of the passion play, which reenacted the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, gained popularity from Karim Khan's reign onward, possibly as a...

and Gilan such as: Bisotun II, Ashraf ibn Taj al-Dawla, Mirza Ali, and Kiya Husayn II. Ismāʻil was able to unite all these lands under the Iranian Empire...

hujjats governed the Nizari state: Hassan-i Sabbah (1090–1124) Kiya Buzrug Ummid (1124–1138) Muhammad bin Kiya (1138–1162) Numismatic evidence from the...

Malikshahi (انر ملکشاهی) amir sipahdar killed 1096, January-February unknown Husayn Khwarezmi (حسین خوارزمی) unknown Abd al-Rahman Qazwini killed 490 AH unknown...

the footsteps of the Shi'a Imam Husayn ibn Ali, with the Shah playing the role of Husayn's foe, the hated tyrant Yazid I. Other factors include the underestimation...

Qivan al-Din (also known as Mir-i Buzurg) to lead the group. They arrived in Amul and set up a state together with Kiya Afrasiyab, a son of a Hasan Chulabi...

the Ihya' al-muluk, was written by the 17th century author Malik Shah Husayn ibn Malik Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad and covers the entire history of the Mihrabanids'...

renowned military commander during the rule of the Safavid shahs Sultan Husayn and Tahmasp II. He was killed in 1726. Fath Ali Khan's son Mohammad Hasan...