https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziyarid_dynasty
>Born to a Zoroastrian family native to Gilan, Mardavij was an anti-Muslim, who sought to revive the Sasanian Empire which was conquered in 654 by the Muslims. He first started his career by joining the army of his kinsman Asfar ibn Shiruya. Mardavij, however, later betrayed him, and killed him, conquering much of Jibal. He then set out to conquer Hamadan, Dinavar and Isfahan from the Abbasid Caliphate, and thereafter declared himself king of Iran, making Isfahan his capital.
>He then defeated the Daylamite military leader Makan ibn Kaki, and conquered Tabaristan in 932. By 934, his authority was acknowledged as far as Shiraz and Ahvaz.However, his goal of recreating the Persian Empire was ruined when he was murdered by his own Turkish slaves in 935.
Tell me about the Ziyarids, /hist/.
>>901627
Glad some real Muslims reminded him of what life in Persia was after Khalid
>>902362
Based Khalid
>>901627
http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ziyarids
>(Āl-e Ziār), a minor Islamic dynasty of the Caspian coastlands (931-ca. 1090). They ruled first in northern Iran, and then in Ṭabarestān and Gorgān.
There's no mention of anti-Muslim Zoroastrianism, and only the wiki page on Mardavij claims this without any reference.
>>902522
They might be getting it from the Persian wikipedia, but it might be made up. Don't know to say for certain.
>>901627
He doesn't seem like any kind of Zoroastrian freedom fighter. Just another in a long line of dynasties that came and went in Iran
>his goal of recreating the Persian Empire was ruined when he was murdered by his own Turkish slaves in 935
Why did everyone keep trusting their Turkish slave soldiers even after they kept betraying their masters at every turn?