History of Gilan

300px|thumb|right|Map depicting the Achaemenid Empire in BC, by [[William Robert Shepherd (1923). The Cadusii are shown in the northern part of the empire.]] The Cadusii (also called Cadusians; , Kadoúsioi; Latin: Cadusii, Arabic:Qādūsīān) were an ancient Iranian tribe that lived in the mountains between Media and the shore of the Caspian Sea, an area bordering that of the Anariacae and Albani. The Dareitai and Pantimati people may have been part of the Cadusii.

short-lived socialist republic in Iran

conflict between the Russian Empire and Safavid Iran

unrecognized self-declared secessionist state puppeted by the Soviet Union in northwestern Iran

thumb|Nature of Deylaman thumb|The historical region of Dailam on the Caspian Sea. The present-day Iranian provinces of Gilan (left) and Mazandaran (right) are highlighted in color. Daylam (), also known in the plural form Daylaman () (and variants such as Dailam, Deylam, and Deilam), was the name of a mountainous region of inland Gilan, Iran. It was so named for its inhabitants, known as the Daylamites.

Iranian dynasty ruling North and Central Iran (655–1349)

1724 Russian-Ottoman peace treaty

Caspian Sea expeditions carried out by the Rus between the 9th and 11th centuries

Treaty between Iran and Russian Empire

earthquake in Rudbar County, Iran

thumb|right|230px|Golden Cup depicting Griffin-like figures and winged bulls. Excavated at Marlik, Gilan, Iran. First half of first millennium BC. thumb|Golden necklace of three Swastikas found in Marlik, dates back to first millennium B.C. Marlik is an ancient site near Roudbar in Gilan, in northern Iran. Marlik, also known as Cheragh-Ali Tepe is located in the valley of Gohar Rud (gem river), a tributary of Sepid Rud in Gilan Province in Northern Iran, Marlik. Marlik is the site of a royal cemetery, and artifacts found at this site date back to 3,000 years ago. Some of the artifacts contain

political party

1732 territorial settlement between the Russian Empire and Safavid Iran

Parsondes was the king of the Cadusii, who, according to Ctesias, was a Mede of Persian origin.

The Justanids or Jostanids () were an Iranian Zaydi Shia dynasty that ruled a part of Daylam (the mountainous district of Gilan) from 791 to the late 11th century.

ancient Scythian tribe

Lower Paleolithic site in the Gilan Province in northern Iran

8th-century Alid and Zaydi leader

Guerrilla operation in Iran in 1971

former principality in Iran

Zaydi Shia dynasty

Artagerses - the leader of the Cadusii, the military leader of the Persian king Artaxerxes II.

aspect of history

1722 siege

Onaphernes (Wanat–hvarnah, Wanafarna Holofernes) — leader of the cadusii, ally of Cyrus the Great.

ancient city in Atropatene