List of Iranic dynasties and countries

This is a list of Iranic states, dynasties and empires.

 Current 

 Independent 
NameStatus of Iranic lanaguageYearsborder|25x25pxIranPersian is the official languageConstitution of Iran, Article 15.1979border|28x28pxTajikistanTajik is the state (national) languageConstitution of Tajikistan, Article 2.1991border|28x28pxAfghanistanPashto and Dari is the official langugeConstitution of Afghanistan, Article 16.First Islamic Emirate in between 1996 and 2001 second emirate since the 2021

 Autonomous 
Federal subjects (Republics) of RussiaNameYearsborder|26x26pxNorth Ossetia–Alania2010 – 65.1% Ossetians1992border|25x25pxDagestan2010 – 0.01% Tats1992Other autonomyborder|26x26pxTaxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County2020 – 80.9% Sarkoli (referred to as "Tajiks")塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县基本概况 [Basic Situation of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County]. (in Mandarin). "塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县（简称塔县）地处祖国西部边陲，帕米尔高原东麓，平均海拔4000米以上。全县总面积2.5万平方公里，辖12个乡镇50个村（社区），总人口4.1万人，塔吉克族占80.9%，是全国唯一的塔吉克民族自治县，外与巴基斯坦、阿富汗、塔吉克斯坦及克什米尔地区接壤，边境线长793.6公里，" ["The county has a total area of 25,000 square kilometers, governs 12 townships and 50 villages (communities), and has a total population of 41,000. Tajiks account for 80.9%. It is the only Tajik ethnic autonomous county in the country. The region borders with a border line of 793.6 kilometers long."]1954border|27x27pxAANES2013border|28x28pxGorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region1991Self-governing provinces subject to the federal government in Pakistan29px|borderBalochistan 2017 – by language, 35.49% Balochi, 35.34% Pashto"Census Final Results – Mother Tongue". (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017. 197029px|borderKhyber Pakhtunkhwa2017 – by language, 76.86% Pashto1970

Historical 

 Current Iranic peoples 
EthnicityNative nameName of their landPersiansپارسیان (Pārsīān)PersiaPashtunsپښتانه (Pax̌tāna)Pashtunistan Kurdsکوردان (Kūrdān)KurdistanTajiksТоҷикон (Toǰikon)Tajikistan Balochsبلۏچان (Balòčān)BalochistanMazandaranisمازرون (Māzarūn)MazandaranLursلﺭ (Lor)LuristanGilaksگيلکون (Gīlak'ūn)GilanHazarasازره (Āzrə)HazaristanAimaqsایماق (Aīmāq)Zazas/DimliDimlīZazakistanOssetians/AlaniansАланиæгтæ (Alanægtæ)Ossetia/AlaniaTats (Iran)تاتون (Tatün)Basseriباصری LohijonLohijonDehwarsدهوار (Dehwār)Achomisاچم (Ačom)AchomestanTalyshsتالشان (Tōlışōn)TalishSemnanisسمنی (Samani)SemnanWakhisوخیک (Woḵīk)YaghnobisYaγnōbī́tYaghnobKumzarisکومزاريان (Kūmzārīān)KumzarYidghaیدغا (Yidġā)Munjisمونجی (Mūnǰī)Kuran wa Munjan

 Historical Iranic peoples and tribal conferedations 
 Alans
 Sogdians
 Scythians: "SCYTHIANS, a nomadic people of Iranian origin (...)": "The rise of the Scythian kingdom represented an event of intra-ethnic character, since both Cimmerians and Scythians were Iranian peoples.": "During the first half of the first millennium B.C., c. 3,000 to 2,500 years ago, the southern part of Eastern Europe was occupied mainly by peoples of Iranian stock [...] [T]he population of ancient Scythia was far from being homogeneous, nor were the Scyths themselves a homogeneous people. The country called after them was ruled by their principal tribe, the "Royal Scyths" (Her. iv. 20), who were of Iranian stock and called themselves "Skolotoi" (...)": "[T]rue Scyths seems to be those whom [Herodotus] calls Royal Scyths, that is, the group who claimed hegemony [...] apparently warrior-pastoralists. It is generally agreed, from what we know of their names, that these were people of Iranian stock (...)": "The physical characteristics of the Scythians correspond to their cultural affiliation: their origins place them within the group of Iranian peoples.": "The Scythian kingdom [...] was succeeded in the Russian steppes by an ascendancy of various Sarmatian tribes — Iranians, like the Scythians themselves.": "The general view is that both agricultural and nomad Scythians were Iranian."
 Dahaeans
 Parthians
 Cimmerians
 Sarmatians
 Sakas
 Medes
 Daylamites
 Massagetaeans
 Khwarezmians

 Iranic states and dynasties 
 Scythian kingdoms
 Scythian Kingdom in West Asia (c. 7th century BC–c. 600s BC)
 Scythian Kingdom in Pontic Steppe (c. 600s BC–c. 3rd century BC)
 Cimmerian Kingdom (early 7th-century B.C.E. – 630s B.C.E.) of Cimmerian origin
 Medes (ca. 678 BCE–549 BCE) of Median origin
 Orontid dynasty (570–200 BC) Persianized, of Bactrian origin
 Tespid dynasty (mid-7th century BC-550 BC) of disputed origin, could be either Elamite or Persian origin, could be a branch of Achaemenid Dynasty
 Pharnacid dynasty (c. 550–320 BC) of Persian origin
 Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC) of Persian origin
 Parthian/Arsacid Empire ("Arsacid dynasty of Parthia"; 247 BC–224 AD) Heavily Parthianized, of either Scythian or Bactrian origin
 Arsacid dynasty of Armenia (52–428) 
 Arsacid dynasty of Iberia (c. 189–284)
 Arsacid dynasty of Caucasian Albania (1st century–510)
 Indo-Scythians (200 BCE–400 AD) of Scythian origin
 Shule Kingdom (200 BC–790 AD) of Sakan origin
 Artaxiad dynasty (190 BC–12 AD) of Iranian origin
 Indo-Parthian Kingdom (12 BC–before 100 AD?) of Parthian origin
 Κoϸano Empire (30–375 AD) of Yuezhi Saka origin
 Kingdom of Khotan (56–1006) of Khotanese Sakan origin
 Sasanian Empire (224–651) of Persian origin
 House of Kayus (226–380) Probably of Palewani Kurdish origin
 Chosroid dynasty (284–807) of Parthian origin
 Afrighids (305–995) of Khwarazmian origin
 Kingdom of the Alans (409–426) of Alan origin
 Mihranids (330–821) of Parthian origin
 Dabuyid dynasty (642–760) of Persian origin
 Masmughans of Damavand (650–760) of Parthian origin
 Bavand dynasty (651–1349) of Parthian origin
 Paduspanids (665–1598) of Mazandarani origin
 Bukhar Khudahs (before 681–890s) of Sogdian origin
 Principality of Ushrusana (?–892/3) of Sogdian origin
 Qarinvand dynasty (7th-century–11th-century) of Parthian origin
 Rustamid dynasty (767–909) of Persian origin
 Sadakiyans (770–828) of Kurmanji Kurdish origin
 Justanids (791–974) of Daylamite origin
 Samanids (819–999) of Persian origin
 Tahirid dynasty (821–873) they are culturally highly Arabicized, but of Persian origin
 Banijurids (848–908) of Iranic origin
 Saffarid dynasty (861–1003) of Persian origin
 Ghurid dynasty (before 879–1219) Persianized, of eastern Iranian origin
 Sajid Dynasty (889–929) of Sogdian origin: "The Sājids were a line of caliphal governors in north-western Persia, the family of a commander in the 'Abbasid service of Soghdian descent which became culturally Arabised."
 Qarmatians (899–1077) of Persian origin
 Alania (late 9th century–1238/1239) of Alan origin
 Farighunids (9th century–1010) of Persian origin
 Ziyarid dynasty (931–1090) of Gilaki origin
 Banu Ilyas (932–968) of Sogdian origin
 Buyid dynasty (934–1062) of Daylamite origin
 Hasanwayhids (950–1121) Probably of Laki Kurdish origin
 Shaddadids (951–1199) probably of Kurmanji Kurdish origin
 Kilwa Sultanate (957-1913) of Persian origin
 Marwanids (983/990–1085) likely assimilated into Kurmanji Kurdish culture & spoke Kurmanji Kurdish, probably of Laki Kurdish origin
 Annazids (990–1116) of Kurdish origin, it is not known what dialect of Kurdish they spoke
 Ma'munids (995–1017) of Khwarazmian origin
 Kakuyids (1008–1141) of Daylamite origin
 Nasrid dynasty (Sistan) (1029–1225) Persianized, of eastern Iranian origin
 Hazaraspids (1115–1424) of Kurmanji Kurdish origin
 Atabegs of Yazd (1141–1319) of Persian origin
 Qurid dynasty (1148-1215) of Persian orgin
 Khorshidi dynasty (1184–1597) of Lur origin
 Ayyubid dynasty (1171–1260/1341) later Arabized, of Kurmanji Kurdish origin
 Principality of Bitlis (1182–1847) of Kurdish origin
 Emirate of Hasankeyf (1232–1524) of Kurdish origin
 Kurt Dynasty (1244–1381) of eastern Iranian origin
 Pervâneoğlu (1261–1326) of Persian origin
 Zirqanids (1335–1835) of Kurmanji Kurdish origin
 Afrasiab dynasty (1349–1504) of Mazandarani origin
 Marʿaši Dynasty (1359–1596) of Mazandarani origin
 Lodi dynasty (1451–1526) of Pashtun origin
 Mirani dynasty (1476–1787) of Baloch origin
 Emirate of Palu (1495–1850) of Kurdish origin
 Muzaffarids (Somalia) (late 15th-1700) of Persian origin
 Safavid Empire (1501–1736) Turkified of Kurmanji Kurdish origin
 Emirate of Bradost (1510–1609) of Kurmanji Kurdish origin
 Soran Emirate (1514–1836) of Sorani Kurdish origin
 Sur Empire (1540–1556) of Pashtun origin
 Ardalan (14th century–1865/1868) of Sorani Kurdish origin
 Baban (1649–1850) of Palewani Kurdish origin
 Karrani Dynasty (1564–1576) of Pashtun origin
 Hotaki dynasty (1709–1738) of Pashtun origin
 Nawab of Awadh (1732–1856) of Persian origin
 Sarab Khanate (1747–?) of Kurmanji Kurdish origin
 Durrani Empire (1747–1862) of Pashtun origin
 Zand dynasty (1750–1794) of Laki Kurdish origin
 Talpur dynasty (1783–1843) of Baloch origin
 Emirate of Herat (1793–1863) of Pashtun origin
 Barakzai dynasty (1826–1973) of Pashtun and Persian origin
 Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979) of Mazandarani origin
 Islamic republic (1979-now) current leader is of Persian origin

 Sinicized Iranic dynasties 
 Yan dynasty (756–764) of Sogdian and Göktürk origin

 Hellenized Iranic states 
 Kingdom of Pontus (281 BC–36 BC) Ruled by the Mithridatic dynasty of Persian origin until 36 BC
 Kingdom of Cappadocia (320s BC–36 BC) Ruled by the Ariarathid dynasty until 96 BC, by Ariobarzanid dynasty until 36 BC, both are Persian origin

 Former and defunct Iranic governments 
NameNotesYearsCapitalMapborder|31x31px Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasuswas a country in the North Caucasus formed by the unification of many North Caucasian peoples including Ossetians1917–1922Buynaksk100x100px 28px|border Kingdom of Kurdistan  short-lived Kurdish state proclaimed in the city of Sulaymaniyah following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire 1921–1924/1925 Sulaymaniyah 100x100px 31x31px|border Republic of Ararat was a self-proclaimed Kurdish state, located in eastern Turkey, centred on Karaköse Province 1927–1931 Doğubayazıt  100x100px border|30x30px Republic of Kurdistan short-lived Kurdish self-governing unrecognized state in present-day Iran who was puppet of Soviet Union 1945–1946Mahabad 113x113px border|31x31px Republic of Afghanistan  was the first republic in Afghanistan, often called the Daoud Republic, as it was established in July 1973 after General Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan deposed his cousin, King Mohammad Zahir Shah, in a coup d'état  1973–1978 Kabul 100x100pxborder|30x30px Interim Government of Iranprovisional government after the Islamic Revolution in Iran1979Tehranleft|100px|thumb

 Teritories 

 Russian Empire 

 Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917) including the many Ossetian, Tat and Kurdish populated lands. There are fourteen provinces called governorate, oblast, okrug and gradonachalstvo

 Soviet Union 

28px|border North Ossetian ASSR (1936–1992) Ossetian republic in northern Ossetian-populated lands
28px|border South Ossetian AO (1922–1990) Ossetian autonomous oblast in southern Ossetian-populated lands
Kurdistan uezd (1923–1929) Kurdish uezd of Kurdish-populated lands in Karabakh

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