Khorshidi dynasty | |||||||||
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| 1184–1597 | |||||||||
| Status | Dissolved | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Atabeg اتابک, Vali ولی | |||||||||
• 1174/1184–1224 | Shoja al-Din Khorshid ibn Ali (first) | ||||||||
• 1593–1598 | Shahverdi Abbasi (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 1184 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1597 | ||||||||
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The Khorshidi dynasty (خورشیدیان), Abbasi dynasty or Shahs of Little Lorestan (لُرستان کُوچک) (1184–1597) was a Lur dynasty[1] that ruled Little Lorestan in the later Middle Ages from their capital Khorramabad.[2]
They were neighbours of the Hazaraspids who ruled over Greater Lorestan.[2] While the Hazaraspids were more politically important because of their vast territory and the fact that they held major communications routes, the Khorsidi dynasty would become a significant power during the Safavid era due to the end of the Hazaraspids. The Khorsidi dynasty remained an important player in the rivalry between the Safavids and the Ottomans.[3]
- ^ Floor 2008, p. 234; Blow 2009, p. 48; Ehlers 2021
- ^ a b Spuler 1987, pp. 896–898.
- ^ خطیبی, ابوالفضل. "اتابکان لرستان". Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia (in Persian).