List of Shia dynasties

The following is a list of Shia Muslim dynasties.

North Africa and Europe

• Idrisid dynasty (788–985 CE) — (Morocco) - Zaīdī^[1] (disputed)
• Fatimid dynasty (909–1171 CE) — (Kabylia) - Isma'īlī
• Banu Kanz (1004–1412 CE) - (Upper Egypt) ^[2] — Isma'īlī
• Hammūdids (1016–1057 CE) — (Iberian Peninsula, Ceuta) — Zaīdī
• Zirid dynasty (973–1148 CE) - (Kabylia)^[3] — Isma'īlī
• Kalbids (948–1053) — (Sicily) Isma'īlī

Iran and Caucasus

• Chobanids (1338–1357 CE)
• Justanids (791–974 CE) — Zaidi
• Alavids (864–929 CE) — Zaidi
• Aishanids (912–961 CE)
• Ziyarid dynasty (928–1043 CE)
• Buyid dynasty (934–1062 CE) — Zaidi, later converted to Twelver^[4]
• Hasanwayhid (959–1047 CE)
• Kakuyids (1008–1051 CE)
• Nizari Ismaili state (1090–1256 CE) — Nizari
• Ilkhanate (1304–1335 CE)
• Sarbadars (1332–1386 CE) — Twelver^[5]
• Injuids (1335–1357 CE) — Twelver^[5]
• Marashiyan (1359–1582 CE) - Twelver
• Musha'sha'iyyah dynasty (1436–1729 CE) — Musha'sha
• Safavid dynasty (1501–1736 CE) — Twelver^[6]
• Erivan Khanate (1604–1828 CE)
• Afshars (1732-1798 CE)
• Baku Khanate (1753–1806 CE)
• Derbent Khanate (1747–1806 CE)
• Ganja Khanate (1747–1804 CE)
• Talysh Khanate (1747–1828 CE)
• Nakhichevan Khanate (1747–1813 CE)
• Karabakh Khanate (1747–1822 CE)
• Javad Khanate (1747-1805 CE)
• Zand dynasty (1750–1794 CE) - Twelver
• Qajar dynasty (1785–1925 CE)
• Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979 CE)

Arabian Peninsula

Hijaz

• Sharifate of Mecca - Zaidi (converted to Sunnism in the Ottoman period)^[7]
• Sharifate of Medina - Twelver (converted to Sunnism in the Ottoman period)

Yemen

• Banu Ukhaidhir (865–1066 CE) — Zaidi
• Rassids (897–1970 CE) — Zaidi
• Sulayhid dynasty (1047–1138 CE) — Ismaili^[8]
• Sulaymanids – Ismaili
• Hamdanids (Yemen) – Ismaili
• Zurayids - Ismaili
• Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1926–1970 AD) — Zaidi

Bahrain

• Qarmatians (900–1073 CE) — Qarmatian
• Uyunid Emirate (1073-1253 CE) — Twelver^[9]
• Usfurids (1253–1320 CE) — Twelver^[9]
• Jarwanid dynasty (1305–1487 CE)^[10] — Twelver^[11]
• Jabrids (1417-1524 CE) — Twelver^[9] (disputed)

Levant and Iraq

• Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432 CE)
• Emirate of Al-Mukhtar Al-Thaqafi (685-687) Al-Mukhtar ruled most of Iraq, except for Basra. His rule also extended to Arminiya and Isfahan.
• Hamdanid dynasty (890–1004 CE)
• Mazyadids (961–1163 CE) (central and southern Iraq)
• Numayrids (990–1081 CE) (eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey)
• Uqaylid Dynasty (990–1169 CE)
• Mirdasids (1024–1080 CE)
• Banu Ammar (1065 until 1109)
• Harfush dynasty (1483–1865 CE)
• Emirate of Jabal Amil (1710–1980 CE)
• Al-Muntafiq Union (1530-1918) It was a Shiite-Sunni confederation that included tribes in southern and central Iraq

Indian subcontinent

• Soomra dynasty (1026–1351 CE)
• Bahmani Sultanate (1347–1527 CE)
• Bidar Sultanate (1489–1619 CE)
• Berar Sultanate (1490–1572 CE)
• Ahmadnagar Sultanate (1490–1636 CE)
• Chak dynasty (1554-1586 CE)^[12]
• Qutb Shahi dynasty (1512–1687 CE)
• Adil Shahi dynasty (1490–1686 CE)
• Najm-i-Sani dynasty (1658–1949 CE)
• Nawabs of Oudh (1722–1858 CE)
• Nawabs of Bengal (1757–1880 CE)
• Talpur dynasty (1783–1843 CE)^[13]
• Hunza (princely state) (1000s–1974 CE)
• Nagar (princely state) (4th Century–1974 CE)
• Prithimpassa State (1499-1950)
• Banganapalle State (1665-1948)

Southeast Asia

• Daya Pasai (1128–1285 CE)^[14]
• Bandar Kalibah^[14]
• Moira Malaya^[14]
• Kanto Kambar^[14]
• Robaromun^[14]

East Africa

• Kilwa Sultanate (957–1506 CE)^[15]
• Onthanusi Sultanate^[16]

See also

• List of Sunni dynasties
• List of Muslim states and dynasties
• List of Shia Muslims flags