List of Shia dynasties

The following is a list of Shia Muslim dynasties.

North Africa and Europe

• Idrisid dynasty (788–985 CE) — (Morocco) - ZaÄ«dÄ« (disputed)
• Fatimid dynasty (909–1171 CE) — (Kabylia) - Isma'Ä«lÄ«
• Banu Kanz (1004–1412 CE) - (Upper Egypt) — Isma'Ä«lÄ«
• Zirid dynasty (973–1148 CE) - (Kabylia) — Isma'Ä«lÄ«
• Kalbids (948–1053) — (Sicily) — Isma'Ä«lÄ«
• Hammudid dynasty (1016-1056) — (Spain) — ZaÄ«dÄ« (disputed)

Iran and Caucasus

• Justanids (791–974 CE) — Zaidi
• Alavids (864–929 CE) — Zaidi
• Aishanids (912–961 CE)
• Ziyarid dynasty (928–1043 CE)
• Buyid dynasty (934–1062 CE) — Zaidi, later converted to Twelver
• Hasanwayhid (959–1047 CE)
• Kakuyids (1008–1051 CE)
• Nizari Ismaili state (1090–1256 CE) — Nizari
• Ilkhanate (1310–1316 CE) — Öljaitü converted to Shi‘ism around 1310 and ruled until 1316, after which the Ilkhanate reverted to Sunnism under his son AbÅ« SaÊ¿Ä«d.
• Sarbadars (1332–1386 CE) — Twelver
• Injuids (1335–1357 CE) — Twelver
• Marashiyan (1359–1582 CE) - Twelver
• Musha'sha'iyyah dynasty (1436–1729 CE) — Musha'sha
• Safavid dynasty (1501–1736 CE) — Twelver
• Erivan Khanate (1604–1828 CE)
• Kartli Bagrationi (1569 — 1737 CE) — Some Bagrationi rulers of this period professed Georgian Orthodoxy or Catholicism, Jesse converted to Sunni Islam in 1724 under Ottoman pressure.
• Kakheti Bagrationi (1605 — 1737 CE) — Some Bagrationi rulers of this period professed Georgian Orthodoxy or Catholicism.
• Afshars (1732-1798 CE)
• Baku Khanate (1753–1806 CE)
• Derbent Khanate (1747–1806 CE)
• Ganja Khanate (1747–1804 CE)
• Talysh Khanate (1747–1828 CE)
• Nakhichevan Khanate (1747–1813 CE)
• Karabakh Khanate (1747–1822 CE)
• Javad Khanate (1747-1805 CE)
• Zand dynasty (1750–1794 CE) - Twelver
• Qajar dynasty (1785–1925 CE)
• Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979 CE)

Arabian Peninsula

Hijaz

• Sharifate of Mecca - Zaidi (converted to Sunnism in the Ottoman period)
• Sharifate of Medina - Twelver (converted to Sunnism in the Ottoman period)

Yemen

• Banu Ukhaidhir (865–1066 CE) — Zaidi
• Rassids (897–1970 CE) — Zaidi
• Sulayhid dynasty (1047–1138 CE) — Ismaili
• Sulaymanids – Ismaili
• Hamdanids (Yemen) – Ismaili
• Zurayids - Ismaili
• Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1926–1970 AD) — Zaidi

Bahrain

• Qarmatians (900–1073 CE) — Isma'ili
• Uyunid Emirate (1073-1253 CE) — Twelver
• Usfurids (1253–1320 CE) — Twelver
• Jarwanid dynasty (1305–1487 CE) — Twelver
• Jabrids dynasty (1487–1524 CE) — Twelver

Levant and Iraq

Northern Iraq and Levant

• Hamdanid dynasty (890–1004 CE)
• Numayrids (990–1081 CE) (eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey)
• Uqaylid Dynasty (990–1169 CE)
• Mirdasids (1024–1080 CE)
• Banu Ammar (1065 until 1109)
• Harfush dynasty (1483–1865 CE)
• Emirate of Jabal Amil (1710–1980 CE)

South and central Iraq

• Emirate of Al-Mukhtar (685-687) Al-Mukhtar ruled most of Iraq, except for Basra. His rule also extended to Arminiya and Isfahan.
• Baridis dynasty They ruled Basra between the 10th and 11th centuries.
• Shahin dynasty (941 - 1017 CE) - Formed and ruled over The Batihah, also known as The Great Swamp or The Marsh in the Iraqi Marshes.
• Mazyadids (961–1163 CE) (central and southern Iraq)
• Kingdom of Khaza'il (1534–1921)
• Al-Muntafiq Union (1530-1918) It was a Shiite-Sunni confederation that included tribes in southern and central Iraq

Indian subcontinent

• Soomra dynasty (1026–1351 CE) — Isma'ili
• Bahmani Sultanate (1347–1527 CE)
• Bidar Sultanate (1489–1619 CE)
• Berar Sultanate (1490–1572 CE)
• Ahmadnagar Sultanate (1490–1636 CE)
• Chak dynasty (1554-1586 CE)
• Qutb Shahi dynasty (1512–1687 CE)
• Adil Shahi dynasty (1490–1686 CE)
• Najm-i-Sani dynasty (1658–1949 CE)
• Nawabs of Oudh (1722–1858 CE)
• Nawabs of Bengal (1757–1880 CE)
• Talpur dynasty (1783–1955 CE)
• Hunza (princely state) (1000s–1974 CE) — Isma'ili
• Nagar (princely state) (4th Century–1974 CE)
• Prithimpassa State (1499-1950)
• Banganapalle State (1665-1948)

See also

• List of Sunni dynasties
• List of Muslim states and dynasties
• List of Shia Muslims flags

References