This is a family tree of the
Sasanian emperors, their ancestors, and Sasanian princes/princesses.
History
The
Sasanian dynasty
The Sasanian dynasty was the house that founded the Sasanian Empire, ruling this empire from 224 to 651 AD in Persia (modern-day Iran). It began with Ardashir I, who named the dynasty as ''Sasanian'' in honour of his grandfather (or father), S ...
was named after
Sasan
Sāssān (Middle Persian 𐭮𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 Sāsān > Persian ساسان, also known as Sasan), considered the eponymous ancestor of the Sasanian (or Sassanid) Dynasty (ruled 224-651) in Persia, was "a great warrior and hunter" and a Zoroas ...
, the eponymous ancestor of the dynasty. It was founded by
Ardashir I in 224, who defeated the last
Parthian (Arsacid) king,
Artabanus IV ( ''Ardavan'') and ended when the last Sasanian monarch,
Yazdegerd III
Yazdegerd III (also spelled Yazdgerd III and Yazdgird III; pal, 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩) was the last Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 632 to 651. His father was Shahriyar and his grandfather was Khosrow II.
Ascending the throne at the ...
(632–651), lost a 19-year struggle to drive out the early
Arab Caliphate
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
, which was the first of the
Islamic empires
This article includes a list of successive Islamic states and Muslim dynasties beginning with the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (570–632 CE) and the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula, and continuin ...
.
It is believed that the following dynasties and noble families have ancestors among the Sasanian rulers:
* The
Dabuyid dynasty
The Dabuyid or Gaubarid Dynasty was a Zoroastrian Iranian dynasty that started in the first half of the seventh century as an independent group of rulers, reigning over Tabaristan and parts of western Khorasan. Dabuyid rule over Tabaristan and Kh ...
(642–760), descendants of
Jamasp.
* The
Paduspanids
The Baduspanids or Badusbanids ( fa, پادوسبانیان, Pâdusbâniân), were a local Iranian dynasty of Tabaristan which ruled over Ruyan/Rustamdar. The dynasty was established in 665, and with 933 years of rule as the longest dynasty in I ...
(665–1598) of
Mazandaran, descendants of
Jamasp.
* The
Shahs of Shirwan (1100–1382), from
Hormizd IV
Hormizd IV (also spelled Hormozd IV or Ohrmazd IV; pal, 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣) was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 579 to 590. He was the son and successor of Khosrow I () and his mother was a Khazar princess.
During his reign, Ho ...
's line.
[Stokvis A.M.H.J., pp. 112, 129.]
* The
Banu Munajjim The Banu al-Munajjim ( ar, بنو المنجم), was an Iranian family of Abbasid officials attested in the 9th and 10th centuries. They claimed descent from the Sasanian dynasty, and were closely related to the Abbasid caliphs by marriage.
Histo ...
(9th–10th century), from Mihr Gushnasp, a Sasanian prince.
* The
Kamkarian family (9th–10th century), a ''
dehqan'' family descended from
Yazdegerd III
Yazdegerd III (also spelled Yazdgerd III and Yazdgird III; pal, 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩) was the last Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 632 to 651. His father was Shahriyar and his grandfather was Khosrow II.
Ascending the throne at the ...
.
* The
Mikalids The Mikalid family (), also known as the Mikalis, was a prominent Iranian aristocratic family of Khorasan from the 9th century to the 11th century. They were descended from the pre-Islamic nobility of Samarkand.
History
The family were descendan ...
(9th–11th century), a family descended from the Sogdian ruler
Divashtich
Divashtich (also spelled Devashtich, Dewashtich, and Divasti), was a medieval Sogdians, Sogdian ruler in Transoxiana during the period of the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana. He was the ruler of Panjikant and its surroundings from ca. 706 until his ...
, who was, in turn, a descendant of
Bahram V Gur.
Sasanian family tree
The solid lines indicate parent-to-child lineage and the dotted lines indicate questionable blood relationships.
See also
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List of shahanshahs of the Sasanian Empire
*
Bavandid family tree
Notes
References
External links The Sasanid rulers of Persia
(detailed genealogy)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sassanid Family Tree
Family trees
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