The Marashiyan or Marashis (
Mazandarani: مرعشیون, fa, مرعشیان) were an
Iranian Sayyid Twelver Shiʿite dynasty of
Mazandarani origin, ruling in
Mazandaran from 1359 to 1596. The dynasty was founded by
Mir-i Buzurg
Qavam al-Din ibn Abdallah al-Marashi ( fa, قوامالدین بن عبدالله مرعشی), better known as Mir Buzurg or Mir Bozorg ( fa, میربزرگ, ''Mīr-e Bozorg'', lit. "The great Mir"), was the founder of the Marashi dynasty, ruli ...
, a
Sayyid native to
Dabudasht
Dabudasht ( fa, دابودشت; formerly, Darvish Kheyl (Persian: درويش خيل), also Romanized as Darvīsh Kheyl) is a city and capital of Dabudasht District, in Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Isla ...
. Their capitals were
Amol
Amol ( fa, آمل – ; ; also Romanized as Āmol and Amul) is a city and the administrative center of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran, with a population of around 300,000 people.
Amol is located on the Haraz river bank. It is less than ...
,
Sari, and
Vatashan
Vatashan ( fa, واتاشن, also Romanized as Vātāshan) is a village in Natel Kenar-e Olya Rural District, in the Central District (Nur County), Central District of Nur County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2 ...
.
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Rulers of Tabaristan
Iranian Muslim dynasties
Alid dynasties
States and territories disestablished in the 1590s
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