This is a family tree of the Sasanian emperors, their ancestors, and Sasanian princes/princesses.

History

The

Sasanian dynasty The Sasanian dynasty (also known as the Sassanids or the House of Sasan) was the house that founded the Sasanian Empire of Iran, ruling this empire from 224 to 651 AD. It began with Ardashir I, who named the dynasty in honour of his predecessor, ...

was named after

Sasan Sasan (Middle Persian 𐭮𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 ''Sāsān'' > Persian ساسان), considered the eponymous ancestor of the Sasanian (or Sassanid) Dynasty (ruled 224–651) in Persia, was "a great warrior and hunter" and a Zoroastrian high priest ...

, the eponymous ancestor of the dynasty. It was founded by

Ardashir I Ardashir I (), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Sasanian Empire, the last empire of ancient Iran. He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded the new empire. After defeating the last Par ...

in 224, who defeated the last Parthian (Arsacid) king, Artabanus IV ( ''Ardavan'') and ended when the last Sasanian monarch,

Yazdegerd III Yazdegerd III (also Romanized as ''Yazdgerd'', ''Yazdgird'') was the last Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings from 632 to 651. His father was Shahriyar (son of Khosrow II), Shahriyar and his grandfather was Khosrow II. Ascending the throne a ...

(632–651), lost a 19-year struggle to drive out the early

Arab Caliphate A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entir ...

, 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 dynasty, or Gaubarid dynasty, was a Zoroastrian Iranian dynasty that started in the first half of the 7th century as an independent group of rulers who ruled over Tabaristan and parts of western Khorasan. Dabuyid rule over Tabarista ...

(642–760), descendants of

Jamasp Jamasp (also spelled Zamasp or Djamasp; ; ''Jāmāsp'') was Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 496 to 498/9. He was a son of Peroz I and younger brother of Kavad I. Jamasp was installed on the Sasanian throne upon the deposition of the latter ...

. * The

Paduspanids The Baduspanids, Paduspanids or Badusbanids (), 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 Iran, it ended in 1598 when th ...

(665–1598) of

Mazandaran Mazandaran Province (; ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Sari, Iran, Sari. Located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range and Hyrcanian forests, it is border ...

, descendants of

. * The

Shahs of Shirwan The Shirvanshahs (Arabic/) were the rulers of Shirvan (in present-day Azerbaijan) from 861 to 1538. The first ruling line were the Yazidids, an originally Arab and later Persianized dynasty, who became known as the Kasranids (also referred t ...

(1100–1382), from

Hormizd IV Hormizd IV (also spelled Hormozd IV or Ohrmazd IV; ) 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, Hormizd IV had the high aristoc ...

's line.Stokvis A.M.H.J., pp. 112, 129. * The Banu Munajjim (9th–10th century), from Mihr Gushnasp, a Sasanian prince. * The Kamkarian family (9th–10th century), a ''

dehqan The ''dehqân'' (; , ''dihqân'' in Classical Persian) or ''dehgân'' (; ) were a class of land-owning magnates during the Sasanian The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranians"), was an Iranian empire that w ...

'' family descended from

. * The Mikalids (9th–11th century), a family descended from the Sogdian ruler

Divashtich Divashtich (also spelled Devashtich, Dewashtich, and Divasti), was a medieval 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 downfall ...

, 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.

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References

External links

The Sasanid rulers of Persia
(detailed genealogy) * D Gershon Lewental, �
The Death of Rostam: Literary Representations of Iranian Identity in Early Islam
��, ''Iranian Studies'' 50.2 (March 2017), 223–45. DO
10.1080/00210862.2016.1248813
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sassanid Family Tree Family trees of royalty *

History

Sasanian family tree

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