The following is a list of Shia Muslim dynasties.
North Africa and Europe Idrisid dynasty (788–985 CE) — (Morocco) - ZaīdīIgnác Goldziher & Bernard Lewis, Introduction to Islamic theology and law, Princeton University Press (1981), p. 218 James Hastings, Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Part 24, Kessinger Publishing (2003), p. 844 Abd Ar Rahman ibn Khaldun (translated by Franz Rosenthal), The Muqaddimah, Chap III : On dynasties, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and all that goes with these things, on http://www.muslimphilosophy.com (disputed) Fatimid dynasty (909–1171 CE) — (Kabylia) - Isma'īlī Banu Kanz (1004–1412 CE) - (Upper Egypt) شاكر مصطفى, موسوعة دول العالم الأسلامي ورجالها الجزء الأول, (دار العلم للملايين: 1993), p.420 — Isma'īlī Zirid dynasty (973–1148 CE) - (Kabylia)As a vassal state, due to political conflict with the Fatimids, in around 1048 the dynasty changed alliagance to the Sunni Abbasid Caliphate and the ruling elite switched from Shia (Zaydi or Ismaili) Islam to Sunnism. See Idris H. Roger, L'invasion hilālienne et ses conséquences, in : Cahiers de civilisation médiévale (43), Jul.-Sep. 1968, pp.353-369. and — Isma'īlī Kalbids (948–1053) — (Sicily) — Isma'īlī Hammudid dynasty (1016-1056) — (Spain) — Zaīdī (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, p. 135 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 Abū Saʿīd. Sarbadars (1332–1386 CE) — TwelverNewman, Andrew J. Twelver Shiism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722. Edinburgh University Press, Nov 20, 2013. Injuids (1335–1357 CE) — Twelver Marashiyan (1359–1582 CE) - Twelver Musha'sha'iyyah dynasty (1436–1729 CE) — Musha'sha Safavid dynasty (1501–1736 CE) — TwelverRM Savory, Safavids, Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd ed. 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) — IsmailiContemporary Yemen: politics and historical background, By B. R. Pridham, pg.14 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) — TwelverYitzhak Nakash, Reaching for Power:The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World, (Princeton University Press, 2006), 22. Usfurids (1253–1320 CE) — Twelver Jarwanid dynasty (1305–1487 CE) — TwelverJuan R. I. Cole, "Rival Empires of Trade and Imami Shiism in Eastern Arabia, 1300-1800", International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2. (May, 1987), pp. 177-203, at p. 179, through JSTOR. 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 dynastyالأنساب، ص.334الإكمال ومعه تكملة الإكمال، ص.548 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) Maqpoon dynasty of Skardu baltistan (1200 –1840 CE) Yabgo Dynasty of Khaplu baltistan (750–1972 CE) Amacha Dynasty of shigar Baltistan (1100 – 1842 CE) Gashopa Dynasty of kargil, Ladakh-baltistan (before 1000 – 1600 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
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