Mar'ashis

The '''Mar'ashis' (Mazandarani: مرعشیون; Mar'ašiyān) or the 'Mar'ashi dynasty''' were an Iranian Sayyid Twelver Shiʿite dynasty of Mazandarani origin, ruling in Mazandaran from 1359 to 1596.

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Former country.native_name: مرعشیون
Former country.conventional_long_name: Mar'ashi dynasty
Former country.iso3166code: omit
Former country.era: Middle Ages
Former country.government_type: Monarchy
Former country.year_start: 1359
Former country.year_end: 1596
Former country.p1: Afrasiyab dynasty
Former country.s1: Safavid Empire
Former country.image_map: Marashiyan government 1359-1582 AD.png
Former country.image_map_caption: Map of the Mar'ashi state
Former country.capital: Amol, Sari, Vatashan
Former country.common_languages: Mazanderani
Former country.religion: Twelver Shia Islam
Former country.leader1: Mir-i Buzurg (first)
Former country.leader2: Rida al-Din
Former country.leader3: Kamal al-Din I
Former country.leader4: Ghiyas al-Din Ali

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Instance of: dynasty
Religion: Twelver Shiism
Family: Marashi
Capital: Sari
Founded by: Mir-i Buzurg
Image: Marashiyan government 1359-1582 AD.png

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thumb|upright|left|The strangulation of the Mar'ashi Safavid queen Khayr al-Nisa Begum by the [[Qizilbash, at the Safavid court on 26 July 1579. Nusretname (Topkapi, H.1365) (1584).]] The dynasty was founded by Mir-i Buzurg, a Sayyid native to Dabudasht. Their capitals were Amol, Sari, and Vatashan.

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