Yazidids

Yazidids
Parent family	Banu Shayban
Founded	8th century
Founder	Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani
Titles	Shirvanshah Layzanshah Emir of Derbent
Connected families	Kasranids Darbandids

The Yazidids (Arabic: بنو يزيد, romanized: Bānū Yāzīd) or Mazyadids (after their ancestor Mazyad al-Shaybani) or Shaybanids (after Banu Shayban), were an Arab family that came to rule over the region of Shirvan (in Azerbaijan) in the mid 9th century. Starting from Haytham ibn Khalid's assumption of the ancient Iranian title of Shirvanshah in 861, they practically broke free of Abbasid control and was therefore out of scope for most chroniclers of the Caliphate.

Branches

The dynasty was named after Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani, an Abbasid Governor of Arminiyah. Yazidid dynasty was first generation of whole independent Shirvanshahs. Dynasty ruled both Shirvan and Layzan, until latter invaded Shamakhy and united crowns. The dynasty was a vassal and tributary state to Sallarids, Sajids and others. The Mazyadid reign is largely unexplored due to lack of sources. Sometimes numismatic evidences are the only sources about reign and existence of shahs.

Genealogy

• Mazyad b. Za'ida
  • Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani, Ostikan (d. c. 801)
    • Muhammad ibn Yazid, Ostikan (c. 802/803)
    • Asad ibn Yazid al-Shaybani, Ostikan (d. c. 820)
    • Khalid ibn Yazid al-Shaybani, Ostikan (802–844)
      • Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Shaybani, Ostikan (c. 844–859)
      • File:Simple gold crown.svg Haytham I, Shirvanshah (861–?)
        • File:Simple gold crown.svg Muhammad I, Shirvanshah
          • File:Simple gold crown.svg Haytham II, Shirvanshah
            • File:Simple gold crown.svg Ali I, Shirvanshah (?–917)
              • Abbas
                • Abu Bakr
      • File:Simple gold crown.svg Yazid ibn Khalid, Layzanshah (861–?)
        • File:Simple gold crown.svg Muhammad I, Layzanshah (?–917)
          • File:Simple gold crown.svg Yazid I (917–948)
            • Abd ul-Badr ibn Yazid
            • Ahmad, Emir of Derbent (c. 944)
              • Abul-Haytham
            • File:Simple gold crown.svg Muhammad II — Layzanshah (917–948), Tabasaranshah (917–948), Shirvanshah (948–956)
              • Haytham ibn Muhammad, Tabasaranshah (948–?)
              • File:Simple gold crown.svg Ahmad, Layzanshah (948–956), Shirvanshah (948–981)
                • File:Simple gold crown.svg Muhammad III (981–991)
                • File:Simple gold crown.svg Yazid II (991–1027)
                  • Became ancestor of Kasranids
                • Haytham ibn Ahmad, Tabasaranshah (?–1025)
  • Ahmad, Ostikan (c. 811-812)