Alid dynasties of northern Iran

Zaydi Alid dynasties of northern Iran علویو طبرستان تبرسّون ِعلویون
864–900 914–928
Flag
Map of the Alid Emirate
Capital	Amol
Capital-in-exile	Sari and Astarabad
Common languages	Arabic, Mazandarani
Religion	Zaydi Islam
Government	Theocratic aristocracy
Imam/Da'i
• 864–884 (first)	Hasan ibn Zayd al-Da'i ila'l-Haqq
• 927–928 (last)	Hasan ibn Qasim al-Da'i ila'l-Haqq
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	864
• Disestablished	928
Preceded by Succeeded by Abbasid Caliphate Tahirid dynasty Samanid dynasty Ziyarid dynasty

Alid dynasties of northern Iran or Alavids (Persian: علویان طبرستان). In the 9th–10th centuries, the northern Iranian regions of Tabaristan, Daylam and Gilan, sandwiched between the Caspian Sea and the Alborz range, came under the rule of a number of Arab Alid dynasties, espousing the Zaydi branch of Shia Islam.

The first and most powerful Zaydi emirate was established in Tabaristan in 864 and lasted until 928. It was interrupted by Samanid occupation in 900, but restored in 914 by another Alid branch.

The second period of the Alid emirate was plagued by internal dissensions and power struggles between the two branches, and ended in the second conquest of the region by the Samanids in 928. Subsequently, some of the soldiers and generals of the Alavids joined the Samanids, among them Mardavij, founder of the Ziyarid dynasty, and the three sons of Buya (Ali, Hassan and Ahmad), founders of the Buyid dynasty.

Local Zaydi rulers survived in Daylam and Gilan until the 16th century.