Persia:Dynasties

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   * Medes
         o Deioces, 728BC - 675BC
         o Phraortes (Kashtariti?), 675BC - 653BC
         o Scythian interregnum
         o Cyaxares, 625BC - 585BC
         o Astyages, 585BC - 550BC
   * Achaemenids
         o Achaemenes
         o Teispes
         o Cyrus I
         o Cambyses I (Kambiz)
         o Cyrus the Great, Start of Achaemenid Empire, 559BC - 530BC
         o Kambiz II, 530BC - 522BC
         o Darius I the Great, 522BC - 486BC
         o Xerxes I (Khashyar), 486BC - 465BC
         o Artaxerxes I , 465BC - 425BC
         o Xerxes II, 425BC - 424BC (45 days)
         o Darius II, 423BC - 404BC
         o Artaxerxes II, 404BC - 359BC
         o Artaxerxes III, 359BC - 339BC
         o Arses, 338BC - 336BC
         o Darius III, 336BC - 330BC
   * Hellenistic period
         o Alexander (III) the Great, 330BC - 323BC
         o Philip III (Arrhidaeus), 323BC - 317BC
         o Alexander IV, 317BC - 312BC
   * Seleucids
         o Seleucus I, 312BC - 281BC
         o Antiochus I Soter, 281BC - 261BC (coregent)
         o Seleucus, 280BC - 267BC (coregent)
         o Antiochus II Theos, 261BC - 246BC
         o Sleucus II Callinicus, 246BC - 238BC
   * Arsacids, Parthian Empire
         o Arsaces, 238BC - 217BC (or 211BC?)
         o Artabanus (Ardawan) or Arsaces II, 211BC - 191BC
         o Priapatius I, 191BC - 176BC
         o Phraates I, 176BC - 171BC
   * Phil-Hellenistic period
         o Mithradates I, 171BC - 138BC
         o Phraates II, 138BC - 128BC
         o Artabanus I, 128BC - 123BC
         o Mithradates II (the Great), 123BC - 87BC
         o Gotarzes, 90BC - 80BC
         o Orodes I, 80BC - 77BC
         o Sanatruces, 77BC - 70BC
         o Phraates III, 70BC - 57BC
         o Mithradtes III, 57BC - 55BC
         o Orodes II, 57BC - 37BC
         o Phraates IV, 37BC - 2BC
         o Phraates V, 2BC - AD 4
         o Orodes III, AD 4 - AD 7
         o Vonones, AD 7 - AD 11
   * Anti-Hellenistic Period
         o Artabanus II, 12 - 38
         o Gotarzes II, 38 - 51
         o Vardanes I, 39 - 45
         o Vonones II, 51
         o Vologases I, 51 - 78
         o Vardanes II, 55 - 58
         o Vologases II, 77 - 80
         o Artabanus III, 80 - 81
         o Pacorus, 78 - 105
   * End of Parthian Empire
         o Vologases III, 105 - 147
         o Osroes, 109 - 129
         o Mithridates IV, 129 - 147
         o Vologases IV, 147 - 191
         o Vologases V, 191 - 208
         o Vologases VI, 208 - 222
         o Artabanus IV, 213 - 224
   * Sassanians
         o Ardashir I, 224 - 241
         o Shapur I, 241 - 272
         o Hormizd I, 272 - 273
         o Bahram I, 273 - 276
         o Bahram II, 276 - 293
         o Bahram III, 293
         o Narses, 293 - 302
         o Hormizd II, 302 - 309
         o Shapur II, 309 - 379
         o Ardashir II, 379 - 383
         o Shapur III, 383 - 388
         o Bahram IV, 388 - 399
         o Yazdegerd I, 399 - 420
         o Bahram V Gur, 420 - 438
         o Yazdegerd II, 438 - 457
         o Hormizd III, 457 - 459
         o Piruz, 457 - 484
         o Balash, 484 - 488
         o Kavadh (Qobad) I, 488 - 496
         o Tamasb, 496 - 499
         o Kavadh I, 499 - 531
         o Khosrow I (Anushirvan), 531 - 579
         o Hormizd IV, 579 - 590
         o Khosrow II Parviz, 590
         o Bahram VI, 590 - 591
         o Khosrow II Parviz, 591 - 628
         o Bestam (in Media), 591 - 596
         o Kavadh (Qobad) II Shiruye (Siroes), 628 - 630
         o Ardashir III, 628 - 630
         o Shahrbaraz, 630
         o Purandokht, 629 - 631
         o Azarmedukht, 631 - 632
         o Hormizd V, 631 - 632
         o Khosrow III, 632 - 633
         o Yazdegird III, 632 - 651
   * Arabs - Orthodox Caliphate (650 -661)
         o Uthman (Osman), 650 - 656
         o Ali, 656 - 661
   * Arabs - Umayyad Caliphate(661 - 750)
         o Mu'awiya I, 661 - 680
         o Yazid I, 680 - 683
         o Mu'awiya II, 683 - 684
         o Marwan I, 684 - 685
         o Abd-al-Malik, 685 - 705
         o Al-Walid I, 705 - 715
         o Suleyman, 715 - 717
         o Umar II, 717 - 720
         o Yazid II, 720 - 724
         o Hisham, 724 - 743
         o Al-Walid II, 743 - 744
         o Yazid III, 744
         o Ibrahim, 744
         o Marwan II, 744 - 750
   * Arabs - AbbasidCaliphate(750 - 821)
         o Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah, 750 - 754
         o Al-Mansur, 754 - 775
         o Al-Mahdi, 775 - 785
         o Al-Hadi, 785 - 786
         o Harun al-Rashid, 786 - 809
         o Al-Amin, 809 - 813
         o Al-Mamun, 813 - 833
   * "Iranian intermezzo" (821 - 1055), Saffarids, Samanids, Ghaznavids, Buyids
         o Samanid (Turkestan)
               + Nasr I, 864 - 892
               + Ismail, 892 - 907
               + Ahmad, 907 - 914
               + Nasr II, 914 - 942
               + Nuh I, 942 - 954
               + Abd al-Malik I, 954 - 961
               + Mansur I, 961 - 976
               + Nuh II, 976 - 997
               + Mansur II, 997 - 999
               + Abd al-Malik, 999
         o Ghaznavid (Khurasan)
               + Sebüktigin, 977 - 997
               + Ismail I, 997 - 998
               + Mahmud, 998 - 1030
               + Muhammad, 1030
               + Masoud I, 1030 - 1040
               + Muhammad (restored), 1040 - 1041
               + Maudud, 1041 - 1048
               + Masoud II, 1048
               + Ali, 1048 - 1049
               + Abd al-Rashid, 1049 - 1051
               + Toghril, 1051 - 1052
               + Farokhzad, 1052 - 1059
               + Ibrahim, 1059 - 1099
               + Masoud III, 1099 - 1115
               + Shirzad, 1115 - 1116
               + Arslanshah, 1116 - 1117
               + Bahramshah, 1117 - 1157
               + Khusrowshah, 1157 - 1160
               + Khosrow Malik, 1160 - 1186
   * Seljuq
         o Great Seljuqid Sultanate
               + Toghril Beg, 1038 - 1063
               + Alp-Arslan, 1063 - 1072
               + Malik Shah, 1072 - 1092
               + Berk Yaruq, 1092 - 1105
               + Malik Shah II, 1105
               + Muhammad I, 1105 - 1118
               + Sanjar, 1118 - 1157
         o Iraq and Western Persia
               + Mahmud II, 1118 - 1131
               + Toghril II, 1131 - 1134
               + Mas'ud, 1134 - 1152
               + Malikshah III, 1152 - 1153
               + Muhammad II, 1153 - 1159
               + Sulayman, 1160
               + Arslan, 1160 - 1175
               + Toghril III, 1175 - 1194
   * Ghurid EmpireShansabani Dynasty (Afghanistan)
         o Izz Al-Din Husayn I, 1117 - 1146
         o Sayf al_Din Suri, 1146 - 1149
         o Baha al-Din Sam I, 1149
         o Ala al-Din Husayn II, 1149 - 1161
         o Say al-Din Muhammad I, 1161 - 1163
         o Ghiyath al_Din Muhammad II, 1163 - 1203
         o Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad III, 1203 - 1206
         o Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud, 1206 - 1210
         o Baha al-Din Sam II, 1210
         o Ala al-Din Atsiz, 1210 - 1214
         o Ala al-Din Muhammad IV, 1215 - 1215
   * Atabeg and Khwarazmshah interlude
         o Dynasty of Anushtigin(Khwarazmian Empire)
               + Qutb al-Din Muhammad I (Khwarazm-Shah), 1098 - 1128
               + Ala al-Din Atsiz, 1128 - 1156
               + Taj al-Dunya Il Arslan, 1156 - 1172
               + Jalal al-Dunya Sultanshah, 1172 - 1193
               + Ala al-Din Tekish, 1172 - 1200
               + Ala al-Din Muhammad II, 1200 - 1220
               + Jalal al-Din Mingburnu, 1220 - 1231
   * Il-Khans (Mongol)
         o Hülagü Khan, 1256 - 1265
         o Abagha, 1265 - 1282
         o Tegüder, 1282 - 1284
         o Arghun, 1284 - 1291
         o Gaykhatu, 1291 - 1295
         o Baydu, 1295
         o Mahmud Ghazan, 1295 - 1304
         o Uljaytü, 1304 - 1316
         o Abu Said, 1317 - 1335
         o Arpa, 1335 - 1336
         o Musa, 1336 - 1337
         o Muhammad, 1336 - 1338
         o Sati Beg, 1338 - 1339
         o Jahan Temür, 1339 - 1340
         o Sulayman, 1339 - 1343
   * Jalayirid (Azerbaidjan),Injuid (Fars), Mozaffarid (Yazd, Fars) interlude
   * Timurids and Turkmen
         o Timurids
               + Timur, 1393 - 1405
               + Miranshah (Western Persia), 1405 - 1408
               + Khalil (Western Persia 1409 - 1411), 1405 - 1409
               + Shah Rokh Shah, 1409 - 1447
               + Ulugh Beg, 1447 - 1449
               + Soltan Abu Said, 1451 - 1469
         o Transoxiana
               + Abd al-Latif, 1449 - 1450
               + Abd Allah, 1450 - 1451
               + Abu Said, 1451 - 1469
               + Ahmad, 1469 - 1494
               + Mahmud, 1494 - 1495
               + Baysunqur, 1495 - 1497
               + Babur, 1497 - 1498
               + Ali, 1498 - 1500
               + Babur (restored), 1500 - 1501
         o Khurasan
               + Babur, 1449 - 1457
               + Mahmud, 1457 - 1459
               + Abu Said, 1451 - 1469
               + Husayn Bayqara, 1469 - 1506
               + Badi al-Zaman, 1506 - 1507
         o Qara Qoyunlu (Western Iran)
               + Qara Yusef, 1389 - 1420
               + Eskandar, 1420 - 1438
               + Jahan Shah, 1438 - 1467
               + Hasan Ali, 1467 - 1469
         o Aq Qoyunlu (Eastern Iran)
               + Qara Osman, 1403 - 1435
               + Uzun Hasan, 1453 - 1478
               + Soltan Khalil, 1478
               + Yaqub, 1478 - 1490
               + Rostam, 1492 - 1494
               + Ahmad, 1497
   * Safavid
         o Esmail, 1501 - 1524
         o Tahmasb, 1524 - 1576
         o Esmail II, 1576 - 1577
         o Sultan Mohammad, 1577 - 1587
         o Shah Abbas I, 1587 - 1629
         o Safi I, 1629 - 1642
         o Abbas II, 1642 - 1666
         o Safi II, 1666 - 1694
         o Shah Soltan Hosseyn, 1694 - 1722
   * Ghalzay
         o Mahmud, 1722 - 1725
         o Ashraf, 1725 - 1729
   * Safavid
         o Tahmasb II, 1722 - 1732
         o Abbas III, 1732 - 1736
   * Afshari
         o Nader Shah, 1737 - 1747
         o Ali-Qoli (Adil), 1747 - 1748
         o Ebrahim, 1748 - 1749
         o Shahrokh, 1748 - 1749
   * Safavid
         o Shah Soleyman II (Mir Sayyed Mohammad), 1749 - 1750
         o Esmail III, 1750 - 1773
   * Afshari
         o Shahrokh, 1748 - 1795
   * Zand (Western Iran)
         o Mohammad Karim Khan Zand, 1751 - 1794
   * Qajar
         o Aqa Mohammad Shah, 1796 - 1797
         o Fath Ali Shah, 1797 - 1834
         o Mohammad Shah, 1834 - 1848
         o Naser ed-Din Shah, 1848 - 1896
         o Mozaffar ed-Din Shah, 1896 - 1907
         o Mohammad Ali Shah, 1907 - 1909
         o Ahmad Shah, 1909 - 1925
   * Pahlavi
         o Reza Shah, 1925 - 1941
         o Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941 - 1979
   * Islamic Republic
         o Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, 1979 - June 1989
         o Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 1989 -
         o President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 1989 - 1997
         o President Mohammad Khatami, 1997 - 2005