Khwarezmian Iranian dynasty that ruled over Khwarezm from 305–995 CE
Afrighid dynasty
305–995
Map showing the territory ruled by the Afrighid dynasty (highlighted in green), abutting the southern shore of the (former) Aral Sea
Capital
Kath
Common languages
Old Khwarazmian
Religion
Zoroastrianism (until the early 9th-century) Sunni Islam (after the early 9th-century)
Government
Monarchy
Khwarazmshah
• 305–???
Afrig (first)
• 967–995
Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad (last)
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Established
305
• Ma'munid conquest of Khwarezm.
995
Succeeded by
Ma'munids
History of Greater Iran
Pre-Islamic
BCE / BC
Prehistory
Kura–Araxes culture
c. 3400 – c. 2000
Proto-Elamite civilization
3200–2800
Elamite dynasties
2800–550
Jiroft culture
Mannaea
Lullubi/Zamua
Gutians
Cyrtian
Corduene
Bactria–Margiana Complex
2200–1700
Avestan period
c. 1500 BCE – 500 BCE
Kingdom of Mannai
10th–7th century
Neo-Assyrian Empire
911–609
Urartu
860–590
Median Empire
728–550
Scythian Kingdom
652–625
Achaemenid Empire
550–330
Ancient kingdom of Armenia
331 BCE – 428 CE
Seleucid Empire
330–150
Caucasian Iberia
c. 302 BCE – 580 CE
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
250–125
Parthian Empire
248 BCE–224 CE
Caucasian Albania
2nd century BCE – 8th century CE
Roman Empire
27 BCE – 330 CE
CE / AD
Kushan Empire
30–275
Sasanian Empire
224–651
Afrighid dynasty
305–995
Hephthalite Empire
425–557
Kabul Shahi kingdom
565–879
Dabuyid dynasty
642–760
Bagratid Armenia
880s – 1045
Alania
8th/9th century – 1238 / 9
Kingdom of Georgia
1008–1490
Islamic
Rashidun Caliphate
637–651
Umayyad Caliphate
661–750
Abbasid Caliphate
750–1258
Shirvanshah
799–1607
Tahirid dynasty
821–873
Dulafid dynasty
840–897
Zaydis of Tabaristan
864–928
Saffarid dynasty
861–1003
Samanid Empire
819–999
Sajid dynasty
889/90–929
Ziyarid dynasty
928–1043
Buyid dynasty
934–1055
Sallarid dynasty
941–1062
Ghaznavid Empire
975–1187
Ghurid dynasty
pre-879 – 1215
Seljuk Empire
1037–1194
Khwarazmian dynasty
1077–1231
Sultanate of Rum
1077–1307
Salghurids
1148–1282
Ilkhanate
1256–1353
Kart dynasty
1231–1389
Ottoman Empire
1299–1923
Muzaffarid dynasty
1314–1393
Chupanid dynasty
1337–1357
Jalairid Sultanate
1339–1432
Timurid Empire
1370–1507
Qara Qoyunlu Turcomans
1407–1468
Aq Qoyunlu Turcomans
1378–1508
Safavid Empire
1501–1722
Mughal Empire
1526–1857
Hotak dynasty
1722–1729
Afsharid Iran
1736–1750
Zand dynasty
1750–1794
Durrani Empire
1794–1826
Qajar Iran
1794–1925
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The Afrighids (Khwarazmian: ʾfryḡ) were a native Khwarezmian Iranian[1][2][3] dynasty who ruled over the ancient kingdom of Khwarazm. Over time, they were under the suzerainty of the Sasanian Empire, the Hephthalite Empire, the Göktürk Khaganate, the Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate and the Samanid Empire.
They were ultimately deposed by a rival family, the Ma'munids of Gurganj, who became the new rulers of Khwarazm.
^Bosworth, C. E. "ĀL-E AFRĪḠ". Encyclopædia Iranica. Columbia University. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
^C.E. Bosworth, "The Ghaznavids" in History of Civilization: Central Asia in History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume IV: The Age of Achievement : A.D. 750 to the End of the Fifteenth Century : Part One : The Historical Social and Economic Setting/edited by M.S. Asimov and C.E. Bosworth. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1999, 485 pages. (Vol. IV, Pt. I). ISBN 81-208-1595-5. Excerpt from page 101: "The ancient Iranian kingdom of Khwarazm had been ruled until 995 by the old established line of Afrighids of Kath, but control subsequently passed to the new line of Khwarazm Shahs, the Ma'munids of Gurganj"
^Clifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996.
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Name Capital State type Existed Flag Afrighid Kath Kingdom/client 305–995 AD Farighunids Maymana Client Kingdom 9th century–1010 AD Ghaznavids Empire Ghazni...
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