Zahir al-Din Mar'ashi

Zahir al-Din Mar'ashi
Zahir al-Din Mar'ashi
Born	1412 CE
Died	after 1489 CE
Occupation(s)	Historian, Commander, Diplomat
Academic work
Era	Medieval Islamic period
Main interests	History of Tabarestan
Notable works	Several books on the history of Tabarestan

Zahir al-Din Mar'ashi Amoli (Persian: ظهیرالدین مرعشی آملی) was a Persian commander, diplomat and historian. He is the author of several books on the history of Tabarestan. He was born in 812 AH (1412 AD) and died after 894 AH (1489 AD). He was from Mar'ashi family, an originally seyyed family in Tabarestan who dominated the region from the later 8th/14th century until the province's incorporation into Safavid Empire by Abbas I of Persia in 1005/1596. He stemmed from the main branch of Mar'ashis, that of Kamal al-Din ibn Kiwan al-Din. He owned states at Bazargah at Gilan and was employed by Sultan Muhammad II of Kar Kia line in Gilan and then by his son an successor Mirza Ali. He was sent to resolve militarily a succession dispute in adjacent Rustamdar and he led other expeditions, including an unsuccessful siege of Nur in 868/1463.^[1]

^ Bosworth, C. E. (2002). "Ẓahīr al-Dīn Marʿas̲h̲ī". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume XI: W–Z. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 393–394. ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2.

[eoi-1] Bosworth, C. E. (2002). "Ẓahīr al-Dīn Marʿas̲h̲ī". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume XI: W–Z. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 393–394. ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2.

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