Kakuyids

Kakuyid Emirate
آل کاکویه
1008–1141
The Kakuyids at their greatest extent
The Kakuyids at their greatest extent
CapitalIsfahan
(1008–1051)
Yazd
(1051–1141)
Common languagesPersian
Religion
Shia Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Emir 
• 1008–1041
Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar
• 1095–1141
Garshasp II
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
1008
• Disestablished
1141
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Buyid dynasty
Great Seljuq Empire
Atabegs of Yazd

The Kakuyids (also called Kakwayhids, Kakuwayhids or Kakuyah) (Persian: آل کاکویه) were a Shia Muslim dynasty of Daylamite origin that held power in western Persia, Jibal and Kurdistan (c. 1008–c. 1051). They later became atabegs (governors) of Yazd, Isfahan and Abarkuh from c. 1051 to 1141. They were related to the Buyids.[1]

  1. ^ The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. J. A. Boyle, John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 37.