Khorshidi dynasty

Khorshidi dynasty
1184–1597
StatusDissolved
Religion
Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Atabeg
اتابک, Vali
ولی
 
• 1174/1184–1224
Shoja al-Din Khorshid ibn Ali (first)
• 1593–1598
Shahverdi Abbasi (last)
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
1184
• Disestablished
1597
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Annazids
Safavid Lorestan

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]

  1. ^ Floor 2008, p. 234; Blow 2009, p. 48; Ehlers 2021
  2. ^ a b Spuler 1987, pp. 896–898.
  3. ^ خطیبی, ابوالفضل. "اتابکان لرستان". Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia (in Persian).

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