# List of Shia dynasties

The following is a list of Shia Muslim dynasties.

## North Africa and Europe

* Idrisid dynasty (788–985 CE) — (Morocco) - Zaīdī (disputed)
* Fatimid dynasty (909–1171 CE) — (Kabylia) - Isma'īlī
* Banu Kanz (1004–1412 CE) - (Upper Egypt) — Isma'īlī
* Hammūdids (1016–1057 CE) — (Iberian Peninsula, Ceuta) — Zaīdī
* Zirid dynasty (973–1148 CE) - (Kabylia) — Isma'īlī
* Kalbids (948–1053) — (Sicily) Isma'īlī

## Iran and Caucasus

* Chobanids (1338–1357 CE)
* Justanids (791–974 CE) — Zaidi
* Alavids (864–929 CE) — Zaidi
* Aishanids (912–961 CE)
* Ziyarid dynasty (928–1043 CE)
* Buyid dynasty (934–1062 CE) — Zaidi, later converted to Twelver
* Hasanwayhid (959–1047 CE)
* Kakuyids (1008–1051 CE)
* Nizari Ismaili state (1090–1256 CE) — Nizari
* Ilkhanate (1304–1335 CE)
* Sarbadars (1332–1386 CE) — Twelver
* Injuids (1335–1357 CE) — Twelver
* Marashiyan (1359–1582 CE) - Twelver
* Musha'sha'iyyah dynasty (1436–1729 CE) — Musha'sha
* Safavid dynasty (1501–1736 CE) — Twelver
* Erivan Khanate (1604–1828 CE)
* Afshars (1732-1798 CE)
* Baku Khanate (1753–1806 CE)
* Derbent Khanate (1747–1806 CE)
* Ganja Khanate (1747–1804 CE)
* Talysh Khanate (1747–1828 CE)
* Nakhichevan Khanate (1747–1813 CE)
* Karabakh Khanate (1747–1822 CE)
* Javad Khanate (1747-1805 CE)
* Zand dynasty (1750–1794 CE) - Twelver
* Qajar dynasty (1785–1925 CE)
* Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979 CE)

## Arabian Peninsula
### Hijaz

* Sharifate of Mecca - Zaidi (converted to Sunnism in the Ottoman period)
* Sharifate of Medina - Twelver (converted to Sunnism in the Ottoman period)

### Yemen

* Banu Ukhaidhir (865–1066 CE) — Zaidi
* Rassids (897–1970 CE) — Zaidi
* Sulayhid dynasty (1047–1138 CE) — Ismaili
* Sulaymanids – Ismaili
* Hamdanids (Yemen) – Ismaili
* Zurayids - Ismaili
* Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1926–1970 AD) — Zaidi

### Bahrain

* Qarmatians (900–1073 CE) — Qarmatian
* Uyunid Emirate (1073-1253 CE) — Twelver
* Usfurids (1253–1320 CE) — Twelver
* Jarwanid dynasty (1305–1487 CE) — Twelver
* Jabrids (1417-1524 CE) — Twelver (disputed)

## Levant and Iraq

* Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432 CE)
* Emirate of Al-Mukhtar Al-Thaqafi (685-687) Al-Mukhtar ruled most of Iraq, except for Basra. His rule also extended to Arminiya and Isfahan.
* Hamdanid dynasty (890–1004 CE)
* Mazyadids (961–1163 CE) (central and southern Iraq)
* Numayrids (990–1081 CE) (eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey)
* Uqaylid Dynasty (990–1169 CE)
* Mirdasids (1024–1080 CE)
* Banu Ammar (1065 until 1109)
* Harfush dynasty (1483–1865 CE)
* Emirate of Jabal Amil (1710–1980 CE)
* Al-Muntafiq Union (1530-1918) It was a Shiite-Sunni confederation that included tribes in southern and central Iraq

## Indian subcontinent

* Soomra dynasty (1026–1351 CE)
* Bahmani Sultanate (1347–1527 CE)
* Bidar Sultanate (1489–1619 CE)
* Berar Sultanate (1490–1572 CE)
* Ahmadnagar Sultanate (1490–1636 CE)
* Chak dynasty (1554-1586 CE)
* Qutb Shahi dynasty (1512–1687 CE)
* Adil Shahi dynasty (1490–1686 CE)
* Najm-i-Sani dynasty (1658–1949 CE)
* Nawabs of Oudh (1722–1858 CE)
* Nawabs of Bengal (1757–1880 CE)
* Talpur dynasty (1783–1843 CE)
* Hunza (princely state) (1000s–1974 CE)
* Nagar (princely state) (4th Century–1974 CE)
* Prithimpassa State (1499-1950)
* Banganapalle State (1665-1948)

## Southeast Asia

* Daya Pasai (1128–1285 CE)
* Bandar Kalibah
* Moira Malaya
* Kanto Kambar
* Robaromun

## East Africa

* Kilwa Sultanate (957–1506 CE)
* Onthanusi Sultanate