The Kar-Kiya dynasty, also known as the Kiya'ids, was a local dynasty which mainly ruled over Biya-pish (eastern
Gilan) from the 1370s to 1592. They claimed
Sasanian ancestry as well.
Lahijan was the dynasty's capital.
The Kar-Kiya dynasty helped
Shah Ismail I to establish the
Safavid Empire
Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...
and later became a vassal state of the empire. The Safavid shah,
Abbas I put an end to the Kiya'id dynasty by dispatching an army to Gilan in 1592.
Kar-Kiya rulers
* Ali Kiya (1370s–1389)
* Hady Kiya (1389–1394)
* Amir Sayyed Mohammad (1394–1430)
* Sayyed Naser Kiya (1430–1448)
* Soltan-Mohammad Kiya (1448–1478)
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Soltan-Ali Mirza
Soltan-Ali Mirza ( fa, سلطانعلی میرزا) was the ruler of the Kar-Kiya dynasty from 1478 to 1504/05. Under him, the dynasty reached its apex of power, to such a degree that he fought against the Aq Qoyunlu over the rulership of Qazvin.
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(1478–1504/05)
* Soltan-Hasan (1504/05–1506)
* Soltan-Ahmad Khan (1506–1534)
* Soltan-Kiya Ali (1534–1534/5)
* Soltan-Hasan Kiya (1534/5–1538)
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Khan Ahmad Khan (1538–1592)
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* {{Encyclopaedia Islamica , last1 = Sajjadi , first1 = Sadeq , last2 = Melvin-Koushki , first2 = Matthew , title = The Amīr Kiyāʾids of Gīlān , year = 2008 , url = https://doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_0273
Shia dynasties
Iranian Muslim dynasties
15th century in Iran
16th century in Iran
History of Gilan
History of Talysh
Zaydis