List of Iranic dynasties and countries

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

Current

Independent

Name	Status of Iranic lanaguage	Years
Iran	Persian is the official language[1]	1979
Tajikistan	Tajik is the state (national) language[2]	1991
Afghanistan	Pashto and Dari is the official languge[3]	First Islamic Emirate in between 1996 and 2001 second emirate since the 2021

Autonomous

Federal subjects (Republics) of Russia
Name		Years
North Ossetia–Alania	2010 – 65.1% Ossetians	1992
Dagestan	2010 – 0.01% Tats	1992
Other autonomy
Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County	2020 – 80.9% Sarkoli (referred to as "Tajiks")[4]	1954
AANES	–	2013
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	–	1991
Self-governing provinces subject to the federal government in Pakistan
Balochistan	2017 – by language, 35.49% Balochi, 35.34% Pashto[5]	1970
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	2017 – by language, 76.86% Pashto[5]	1970

Historical

Distribution of Iranic peoples during the Iron Age.

Current Iranic peoples

Ethnicity	Native name	Name of their land
Persians	پارسیان (Pārsīān)	Persia
Pashtuns	پښتانه (Pax̌tāna)	Pashtunistan
Kurds	کوردان (Kūrdān)	Kurdistan
Tajiks	Тоҷикон (Toǰikon)	Tajikistan
Balochs	بلۏچان (Balòčān)	Balochistan
Mazandaranis	مازرون (Māzarūn)	Mazandaran
Lurs	لﺭ (Lor)	Luristan
Gilaks	گيلکون (Gīlak'ūn)	Gilan
Hazaras	ازره (Āzrə)	Hazaristan
Aimaqs	ایماق (Aīmāq)
Zazas/Dimli	Dimlī	Zazakistan
Ossetians/Alanians	Аланиæгтæ (Alanægtæ)	Ossetia/Alania
Tats (Iran)	تاتون (Tatün)
Basseri	باصری
Lohijon	Lohijon
Dehwars	دهوار (Dehwār)
Achomis	اچم (Ačom)	Achomestan[6]
Talyshs	تالشان (Tōlışōn)	Talish
Semnanis	سمنی (Samani)	Semnan
Wakhis	وخیک (Woḵīk)
Yaghnobis	Yaγnōbī́t	Yaghnob
Kumzaris	کومزاريان (Kūmzārīān)	Kumzar
Yidgha	یدغا (Yidġā)
Munjis	مونجی (Mūnǰī)	Kuran wa Munjan

Historical Iranic peoples and tribal conferedations

• Alans
• Sogdians
• Scythians^[7]
• Dahaeans
• Parthians
• Cimmerians^[8][9]
• 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^[10]
• Tespid dynasty (mid-7th century BC-550 BC) of disputed origin, could be either Elamite^[11] or Persian^[12] 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^[13]
  • 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^[14]
• 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^[15]
• Afrighids (305–995) of Khwarazmian origin^[16]
• Kingdom of the Alans (409–426) of Alan origin
• Mihranids (330–821) of Parthian origin
• Dabuyid dynasty (642–760) of Persian origin^[17]
• 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^[18]
• Samanids (819–999) of Persian origin^[19]
• Tahirid dynasty (821–873) they are culturally highly Arabicized, but of Persian origin^[20]
• Banijurids (848–908) of Iranic origin
• Saffarid dynasty (861–1003) of Persian origin^[21]
• Ghurid dynasty (before 879–1219) Persianized,^[22] of eastern Iranian origin
• Sajid Dynasty (889–929) of Sogdian origin^[23]
• 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^[24]
• 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^[25] of Kurmanji Kurdish origin^[26]
• 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^[27]
• Talpur dynasty (1783–1843) of Baloch origin
• Emirate of Herat (1793–1863) of Pashtun origin
• Barakzai dynasty (1826–1973) of Pashtun and Persian origin^[a]
• Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979) of Mazandarani origin
• Islamic republic (1979-now) current leader is of Persian origin^[28]

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

Name	Notes	Years	Capital	Map
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus	was a country in the North Caucasus formed by the unification of many North Caucasian peoples including Ossetians	1917–1922	Buynaksk
Kingdom of Kurdistan	short-lived Kurdish state proclaimed in the city of Sulaymaniyah following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire	1921–1924/1925	Sulaymaniyah
Republic of Ararat	was a self-proclaimed Kurdish state, located in eastern Turkey, centred on Karaköse Province	1927–1931	Doğubayazıt
Republic of Kurdistan	short-lived Kurdish self-governing unrecognized state in present-day Iran who was puppet of Soviet Union	1945–1946	Mahabad
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
Interim Government of Iran	provisional government after the Islamic Revolution in Iran	1979	Tehran

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

1. The father of Dost Mohammad Khan, the founder of the dynasty, was the chief of the Pashtun Barakzai tribe, his family can be traced back to Abdal (the first and founder of the Pashtun Durrānī/Abdālī tribe), through Hajji Jamal Khan, Yousef, Yaru, Mohammad, Omar Khan, Khisar Khan, Ismail, Nek, Daru, Saifal, and Barak. Abdal had Four sons, Popal, Barak, Achak, and Alako. His mother was a Qizilbash from the Persian Sīāh Manṣūr tribe.