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Islamic Rulers

Iran - early period

IRAN EARLY PERIOD

DYNASTY LOCATION DATES NOTES

Tahirids around Samarkand,

now easternUzbekistan

821-873 Tahir was an officer in the service of the Abbasid

a!i"h a!-#a$mun

%arthamid &horasan, now

eastern 'ran

822 - 82(

&hu)istanid eastern &horasan,

now eastern 'ran

87( - 881

*u!afid west and centra! 'ran 87+ - 8+7 oriina!! Abbasid overnorsAmir of .orthwest /iba!

western 'ran 878 - 880 oriina!! Turkish Abbasid overnor of #osu! nownorthern 'ra, inde"endent in western 'ran

Saffarid southern 'ran 841 - 1222 conuered b Se!)uks 15(8, then restored unti!

#ono!s

6an) 'ra 872 - 88( b!ack African s!aves in 'ra who revo!ted 6an)

ives the name to 6anzibar 

ani)urid Abu*a$udid

eastern &horastan,now eastern 'ran

883 - +88

Amir of a!-

&hutta!

Ta)ikstan 8+8 - 15(4

Samanid Transo9iana,

Uzbekistan:south&azakstan

84( 1550 .asr '' b Ahmad

Samanid of

Akhsikath

;erhanava!!e

Uzbekistan 882 - +02

#uhta)id Samanid vassa!s inSahanian,

Uzbekistan

c +(5 - +87

Amirs of ust western Afhanistan +(8 - +7+

#a$mund &hwarizm, north westUzbekistan

+01 - 155+

Amir of o!a river,

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Su$ukid

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&akwahid *a!amite dnast in

western and centra!

'ran

1558 - 1501

see riht +(+ - 1184 Turkish Ds!aveD overnors under the Samanids,

around Bhazni Afhanistan Their !ands at fu!!este9tent went from centra! Asia to the Cun)ab

#ahmud ' +++ - 1535

Islamic Rulers

Ara$ian Peninsular

 All dates are A.D.

ARA"IAN PENINS%LAR 

DYNASTY LOCATION DATES NOTES

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Islamic Rulers

Tamerlane

 All dates are A.D.

TA&ERLANE

The Timurid dnast was founded b Timur Gan Tamer!ane A!thouh on! "art! #ono!, he emu!ated

the conuests of Benhis &han before him

Timurid em"ire

from 'ndia to