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    Mardavij was born ca. 890 in Gilan; he was the son of Ziyar, who belonged to the Shahanshahvand, a royal clan that roamed around Dakhel. Mardavij's mother...
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  • Mardavij. Ziyar had a cousin, who married the Buyid ruler Adud al-Dawla, and bore him one son named Abu Kalijar Marzuban. During that period, Ziyar,...
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    Istrian cities. Emir Mardavij ibn Ziyar invades Tabaristan and captures the city of Gorgan. The Daylamite military leader Makan ibn Kaki tries to reclaim...
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    off the Black Stone to their homeland in Eastern Arabia. Mardavij ibn Ziyar is sent by Asfar ibn Shiruya along with his brother Shirzad, to capture the...
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  • II. 927: Invasion of Iraq by the Qarmatians under Abu Tahir. 928: Mardavij ibn Ziyar founds the Ziyarid rule in Tabaristan. 930: Sack of Mecca by the Qarmatian...
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    the Alids. In 931, Mardavij, the brother of Vushmgir and king of the Ziyarid dynasty, sent an army to conquer Tabaristan from Makan ibn Kaki, but was defeated...
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    of Deheubarth and Idwal Foel of Gwynedd. Emir Mardavij ibn Ziyar defeats and kills his rival Asfar ibn Shiruya. He conquers in rapid succession the Abbasid...
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    some left Iraq for Fars, but most of them were persuaded by his relative Ziyar ibn Shahrakawayh to stay in Iraq. However, Iraq was in a grim state, and several...
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  • توزون‎), was a Turkish soldier who served first the Iranian ruler Mardavij ibn Ziyar and subsequently the Abbasid Caliphate. Rising to a position of leadership...
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    Vardanshah had a son named Ziyar, who married a sister of the Gilaki king Harusindan, who bore him a son named Mardavij. Mardavij later served another Gilaki...
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  • off the Black Stone to their homeland in Eastern Arabia. Mardavij ibn Ziyar is sent by Asfar ibn Shiruya along with his brother Shirzad, to capture the...
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  • Gilite named Lili ibn al-Nu'man, who was from another clan. Harusindan also had a sister who married a Dailamite nobleman named Ziyar, and together they...
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  • 928–1043 AD 1 Mardavij Abolhajjaj, Emir ?–934 928 934 son of Ziyar He was a Zoroastrian. 2 Voshmgir Abutaher ?–967 934 967 son of Ziyar 3 Bisotoon Zahir...
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