The Atabegs of Yazd ( fa, اتابکان یزد, ''Atābakān-e Yazd'') were a local dynasty, which ruled the city of
Yazd
Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Worl ...
from about 1141 to 1319. They succeeded the
Kakuyids
The Kakuyids (also called Kakwayhids, Kakuwayhids or Kakuyah) ( fa, آل کاکویه) were a Shia Muslim dynasty of Daylamite origin that held power in western Persia, Jibal and Kurdistan (c. 1008–c. 1051). They later became ''atabegs'' (g ...
to whom they were linked by marriage.
The names of the first members of the dynasty indicate that they were seemingly ethnically
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
, but like the
Hazaraspids
The Hazaraspids ( fa, هزاراسپیان, 1115–1424), was a Kurdish dynasty that ruled the Zagros Mountains region of southwestern Iran, essentially in Lorestan and which flourished in the later Saljuq, Ilkhanid, Muzaffarid, and Timurid per ...
they had accepted the Turkish title of
Atabeg
Atabeg, Atabek, or Atabey is a hereditary title of nobility of Turkic origin, indicating a governor of a nation or province who was subordinate to a monarch and charged with raising the crown prince. The first instance of the title's use was wit ...
.
[Clifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996. Excerpt 1 pp 209: "The Atabegs of Yazd" (1141-1297)" Excerpt 2: "From the names of the earlier members at least, it seems they were ethnically Persian, but, like the Hazaraspids, they adopted the Turkish title of Atabeg"] Most of the Atabegs of Yazd were tributaries to the
Seljuks
The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; fa, سلجوقیان ''Saljuqian'', alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), also known as Seljuk Turks, Seljuk Turkomans "The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes
by the Turk ...
and the Mongol
Il-Khans until they were finally overthrown by the
Muzaffarids.
[S. C. Fairbanks, "ATĀBAKĀN-E YAZD" in Encyclopaedia Iranica]
(accessed October 2010)
List of rulers
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Sam ibn Wardanruz (1141–1188)
*
Langar ibn Wardanruz Langar may refer to:
Community eating
*Langar (Sikhism)
*Langar (Sufism)
Places
Afghanistan
*Langar, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
*Langar, Bamyan, Afghanistan
*Langar, Faryab, Afghanistan
*Langar, Herat, Afghanistan
*Langar, Wardak, Afghanistan
...
(1188–1207)
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Wardanruz ibn Langar (1207–1219)
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Isfahsalar ibn Langar
''Ispahsālār'' ( fa, اسپهسالار) or ''sipahsālār'' (; "army commander"), in Arabic rendered as ''isfahsalār'' () or ''iṣbahsalār'' (), was a title used in much of the Islamic world during the 10th–15th centuries, to denote the se ...
(1219–1229)
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Mahmud Shah ibn Isfahsalar
Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''.
Siam Mahmud
*Mahmood (singer) (born 19 ...
(1229–1241)
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Salghur Shah ibn Mahmud Shah (1241–1252)
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Toghan Shah ibn Salghur Shah (1252–1272)
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Ala al-Dawla ibn Toghan Shah Ala, ALA, Alaa or Alae may refer to:
Places
* Ala, Hiiu County, Estonia, a village
* Ala, Valga County, Estonia, a village
* Ala, Alappuzha, Kerala, India, a village
* Ala, Iran, a village in Semnan Province
* Ala, Gotland, Sweden
* Alad, S ...
(1272–1275)
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Yusuf Shah ibn Toghan Shah (1275–1297)
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Mongol occupation (1297–1315)
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Hajji Shah ibn Yusuf Shah (1315–1319)
References
Sources
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Iranian Muslim dynasties
Yazd Province
Atabegs
12th century in Iran
13th century in Iran
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