List of Iranic dynasties and countries

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

## Current 
### Independent 
### Autonomous 
## Historical 
### Current Iranic peoples 
### Historical Iranic peoples and tribal conferedations 
* Alans
* Sogdians
* Scythians
* 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
* 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 
## 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 
* Persian Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1921) short-lived Soviet republic in Gilak and Talysh populated regions of Iran
* North Ossetian ASSR (1936–1992) Ossetian republic in northern Ossetian-populated lands
* 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
* North Ossetian AO (1924–1936) Ossetian autonomous *oblast* in northern Ossetian-populated lands
* Tajikistan SSR (1929–1991) Tajik soviet republic in Tajik populated lands

## Notes 
## References 
## Sources
*Gregoratti, Leonardo. "The kings of Parthia and Persia: some considerations on the ‘Iranic’ Identity in the Parthian Empire." Dabir 1.1 (2015): 14-16.
*Toops, Stanley. "The Population Landscape of Xinjiang/East Turkestan." Inner Asia 2.2 (2000): 155-170.
*Gnoli, Gh. "Iranic Identity as a historical problem: the beginnings of a national awareness under the Achaemenians." The East and the Meaning of History (1992): 147-167.
*Lambton, Ann KS. "Persia." Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society 31.1 (1944): 8-22.
*Lohrasp, G. "Some remarks on Farabi's background: Iranic (Soghdian/Persian) or (Altaic)?." (2009).
*صدرا, علیرضا. "Making Discourse and Realization, Monitoring of Islamic–Iranic Progress' Olgou (executive necessaries of Olgou and Political Plans)." سیاست متعالیه 10.38 (2022).
*Waghmar, Burzine. "Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas." (2020): 639-649.
*Gregoratti, Leonardo. "The journey east of the Great King: East and West in the Parthian kingdom." The Journey East of the Great King: East and West in the Parthian kingdom (2013): 43-52.
*Khudaverdyan, A. Yu. "A bioarchaeological analysis of the population of the Armenian Highland and Transcaucasus in the Antiquity." The Mankind Quarterly 53.1 (2012): 3-35.
*Foltz, Richard. The Ossetes: Modern-day Scythians of the Caucasus. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
*Watson, William. "The Chinese contribution to eastern nomad culture in the pre‐Han and early Han periods." World Archaeology 4.2 (1972): 139-149.
*Kümmel, Martin Joachim. "“Prothetic h-” in Khotanese and the reconstruction of Proto-Iranic." Script and Reconstruction in Linguistic History.
*Sharkey, Benjamin. "Predators and Prey: Cosmological Perspectivism in Scythian Animal Style Art." Arts. Vol. 11. No. 6. MDPI, 2022. N
*Turchin, Peter. "A theory for formation of large empires." Journal of Global History 4.2 (2009): 191-217.
*Farrokh, Kaveh. "Lion and Sun Emblem of Iran, a Pictorial Historical Analysis Historical Analysis in 3 Parts Part 3: Qajars and After."
*Bekhrad, Joobin. "Kiss my lips: Female poets in the Persian language." TLS. Times Literary Supplement 6099 (2020): 28-29.
*Sharif, Nemat. "A Brief History of Kurds and Kurdistan: Part I: From the Advent of Islam to AD 1750." The International Journal of Kurdish Studies 10.1/2 (1996): 105.
*Lee, Joo-yup. "The Sogdian Descendants in Mongol and post-Mongol Central Asia: The Tajiks and Sarts." Acta Via Serica 5.1 (2020): 187-198.
*Ethington, Michael David. "The Hunnic Dilemma: Between Identity and Environmental-Economic Crises." Journal of Asian Civilizations 44.2 (2021): 109-120.
*Turchin, Peter, Thomas E. Currie, and Edward AL Turner. "Mapping the spread of mounted warfare." Cliodynamics 7.2 (2016).
*Waghmar, Burzine. "Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas." (2020): 639-649.
*Scarborough, Matthew JC. "Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year,(regnal) year’." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 31.3 (2021): 599-607.
*BORJIAN, Habib. "NORTH IRANIC PEOPLES IN THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA IRANICA." NARTAMONGæ (2019): 413.
*Grønbech, Kaare. "The steppe region in world history. II." Acta Orientalia 24 (1959): 14-14.
*Salvatori, Sandro. "Bactria and Margiana seals: a new assessment of their chronological position and a typological survey." East and West 50.1/4 (2000): 97-145.
*Häberl, Charles. "Balaybalan." (2015).
*Mengal, Mir Aqil Khan. "" THE BARKI TRIBE AND LANGUAGE." Mut̤ālaʻah-yi Pākistān 2 (1991): 83.
*Ethington, Michael David. "The Hunnic Dilemma: Between Identity and Environmental-Economic Crises." Journal of Asian Civilizations 44.2 (2021): 109-120.
* Kovalevskaia, V. B "Central Ciscaucasia in Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: Caucasian Substratum and Migrations of the Iranic-Speaking Tribes." (1988).