The Kasranids (Persian: سلسله کسرانی) were a branch of the Shirvanshahs, who ruled the Shirvan region for 387 years. The word "Kasra" was derived from legendary king Kai Khosrow of Iran, reflecting a shift in naming tradition from Arabic to Persian and it was part of an effort to break with their Arabic roots by claiming to be successors of the Sasanians and the Kayanian dynasty.
dynasty and first of the Kasranids. He fathered eight children, five of which are named according to Persian customs. The Kasranids managed to establish alliances...
known as the Kasranids (also referred to as the Khaqanids). The second ruling line were the Darbandi, distant relatives of the Yazidids/Kasranids. The Shirvanshahs...
Became ancestor of Kasranids Haytham ibn Ahmad, Tabasaranshah (?–1025) Ahmad, Ostikan (c. 811-812) The Mazyadids were succeeded by Kasranids which is regarded...
1203–1233/34 Predecessor Farrukhzad I Successor Fariburz III Died 1233/34 Issue Fariburz III Jalal al-Din Sultanshah Dynasty Kasranids Father Farrukhzad I...
Kisra. Sources now start referring to the ruling Yazidi family as the "Kasranids" or "Khaqanids". Besides using the title of Shirvanshah, Manuchihr III...
this period, the Shirvanshahs belonged to a family referred to as the Kasranids, who now has been demonstrated to have been the same family as the previous...
designated them for the protection of northern frontier); 2. Mazyadids; 3. Kasranids; 4. Derbent Shirvanshahs or Derbent dynasty. At the end of the 10th –...
Farrukhzad I Shirvanshah Reign 1187–1203 – before 1225 Predecessor Akhsitan I Successor Garshasp I Died before 1225 Dynasty Kasranids Father Manuchihr III...
Derbent or Darbandids was a younger branch of Shirvanshahs that succeeded Kasranids. Their derives from town of Derbent. Emirate of Derbent was ruled by local...
Successor Fariburz I Died 20 February 1063 Shamakhi Spouse Unnamed daughter of Abu'l-Aswar Shavur I Issue Fariburz Guzhdaham House Kasranids Father Yazid II...
Yaghma Born 1046 Died November 1120 (aged 73–74) Derbent Issue ManuchIhr IiI House Kasranid Father Fariburz I Mother Sarir princess Religion Sunni Islam...
Shirvanshahs took up Persian names and thus he is known as the progenitor of Kasranid branch of the dynasty. Anushirvan - rebelled, d. 1025. Manuchihr I (r....
Azerbaijan, Baku Shirvanshah Reign c. 1225–1255 Predecessor Garshasp I Successor Akhsitan II Died 1255 Issue Akhsitan II Dynasty Kasranids Father Garshasp I...
Sultan Muhammad (Persian: سلطان محمد) was a member of the Kasranid branch of Shirvanshah dynasty, as well as the ancestor of Darbandid branch of the family...
Shirvan Reign 1260 - 1282 Predecessor Akhsitan II Successor Akhsitan III Died c. 1282 Issue Akhsitan III Kayqubad I House Kasranid Father Akhsitan II...
Akhsitan III Shah of Shirvan Reign 1282 - 1294 Predecessor Farrukhzad II Successor Keykavus I Issue Keykavus I Siamerk House Kasranid Father Farrukhzad II...
of Shirvan Reign 1348 - 1372 Predecessor Kayqubad Successor Hushang Died 1372 Issue Nodar Hushang House Kasranid Father Kayqubad Religion Sunni Islam...
Hushang was killed by his subjects in 1382, thus marking the end of the Kasranid branch of the dynasty. He was succeeded by Ibrahim I (r. 1382–1417), his...
Successor Afridun I Emir of Ganja Tenure 1086 - 1096 Predecessor Fadl III Died 1106 Spouse Rusudan House Kasranid Father Fariburz I Religion Sunni Islam...
Shah of Shirvan Reign 1160 (?) Predecessor Manuchihr III of Shirvan Successor Akhsitan I Issue Fariburz II House Kasranid Father Manuchihr III of Shirvan...
1027-1034 Predecessor Yazid II Successor Ali II Died 1034 Shamakhi Consort Sitt (daughter of Fadl ibn Muhammad) Issue Hormuzd House Kasranid Father Yazid II...
Azerbaijan, Baku Reign 1243/1255 - 1260 Predecessor Fariburz III Successor Farrukhzad II Died 1260 Issue Farrukhzad II House Kasranid Father Fariburz III...
19th century Reign c. 1317 – c. 1348 Predecessor Keykavus Successor Kavus Died c. 1348 Issue Kavus Sultan Muhammad House Kasranid Father Farrukhzad II...
Sassanids designated them for the protection of northern frontier; Mazyadids, Kasranids Derbent Shirvanshahs or Derbent dynasty. According to al-Masudi, in 917...
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