Mazyar | |
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Ispahbadh Padishkhwargarshah | |
Ispahbadh of the Qarinvand dynasty | |
Reign | 817–839 |
Predecessor | Qarin ibn Vindadhhurmuzd |
Successor | Quhyar |
Ispahbadh of Tabaristan | |
Reign | 825/6-839 |
Predecessor | Shapur (Bavandids) Vinda-Umid (Paduspanids) |
Successor | Qarin I |
Born | ca. 800 Lafur, Tabaristan |
Died | September 839 Samarra |
Dynasty | Qarinvand dynasty |
Father | Qarin ibn Vindadhhurmuzd |
Religion | Zoroastrianism |
Mazyar (Middle Persian: Māh-Izād; Mazandarani/Persian: مازیار, romanized: Māzyār) was an Iranian prince from the Qarinvand dynasty, who was the ruler (ispahbadh) of the mountainous region of Tabaristan from 825/6 to 839. For his resistance to the Abbasid Caliphate, Mazyar is considered one of the national heroes of Iran by twentieth-century Iranian nationalist historiography. His name means "protected by the yazata of the moon".