- "kings of Tabaristan" and, like the
Karenids,
claiming the
title of ispahbadh.
Sharwin I,
along with the
Karenid ruler Vandad Hormozd, led the native...
- the
weakened Karen family, and to
reclaim lost
Karenid territory, Burzin,
along with
another Karenid named Sawar Karin, made
resistance to the Arabs...
-
Qarinvand dynasty (also
spelled Karenvand and Qarenvand), or
simply the
Karenids, was an
Iranian dynasty that
ruled in
parts of
Tabaristan (Mazandaran)...
-
surrounding areas from ca. 651 to 760. The
founder of the
dynasty was a
Karenid named Mardanshah of Damavand. The
Masmughans of
Damavand are
first mentioned...
- the
Karenids, but the
family lost
control of the
province at the
battle of
Nishapur during the Arab
conquest of Iran, thus
forcing many
Karenid nobles...
- Tabaristan, from
right to left: Parim, Miandorud,
Lafur and Kelār
Belligerents Karenids Bavandids Zarmihrids Abbasid Caliphate Commanders and
leaders 781–785:...
-
Tabaristan was
mainly divided between the
Karenids, the
Zarmihrids and the
Marzban of Tomisha. In 783, the
Karenids,
along with the
Bavandids and the Zarmihrids...
- in 651, and
would rule the
region until his
murder in 665 by Valash, a
Karenid aristocrat, who
thereafter conquered his domains.
Although his real name...
- his
early reign, put an end to
dynastic rule in
province by
appointing a
Karenid as its governor. The
reason behind the
appointment was to
avoid further...
- Nishapur,
where he
defeated a
pursuing army as well as an army led by a
Karenid nobleman at Qumis.
Constantly troubled, he
crossed the Oxus river, where...
