Zeyarid Empire, a non-Islamic empire of Islamic world!

perobably he could revive Sassanid Empire.

On December 2, 931, Maj arrived in Isfahan, named himself the Amir of Iran and made Isfahan his capital. From the advent of Islam until Maj's arrival, Isfahan had been under the jurisdiction of the Arabs, and was favored by Mansur, one of the Abbassid Caliphs during his rule.

Once in Isfahan, Maj declared his ruling agenda and asked Iranians to help him to revive the Persian Empire and its Zoroastrian traditions.

The reliable evidence indicate that in February 932, after about three centuries, Maj and his court celebrated Sadeh in Isfahan and many Iranians observed Sadeh again.

Parsi: http://www.yataahoo.com/Religion/History/mardavij.html

Ramesh v Anoshgi bar ravanash bad

 I red a book many years ago I quote  his word when he entered Isfahan "I will destroy Arab state and refound the Persian empire" a big word.

he killed in Nowruz day by his Turkish slaves(almost of his army were Turkishs).

if he live more maybe he would destroy baghdad and end the caliphate 300 years earlier.

"I, Mardaviz-e-Zeyar, come from the land of unbeatable people. My companions and I took up swords and risked our lives because we love our Motherland, Iran. My final destination is to see a new Persian Empire where its people live with freedom, happiness and will speak Farsi again. I demand you all to stand up and salute to Aryo Barzan  , and to Rostam Farrokhzaad,who bravely battled against the invaders of our beloved country. I defeated the caliphate army on the Azar-Ruz the birth of light and fire, a lucky day for all Iranians. None shall be summoned or punished for past deeds against our nation. Henceforth, however, the punishment for treason against Iran and cooperation with the enemies of Iran is death. Persian is our language. All the customs and festivals of the past, as they are our cultural heritage and passed on to us by our ancestors, shall be celebrated as before with even greater observance of authenticity. So long as we observe our national customs, festivities and ceremonies we shall remain Iranian. We will celebrate Nowruz, Mehregan, and Jashn-e-Sadeh again. We will celebrate Sadeh in mid winter of this year with grandeur and magnificence as a mark of remembrance of good thoughts, good words and good deeds"

Originally posted by azimuth   intersting i didnt know about this one before, so what happened to his empire? i guess it failed to achieve  its goals since the old zoroasterian empire isnt here. so how they failed?

after his murder his brother Vugmshir take control over only dailamite troops in his brother's army,the Turks in the army either went to Hassan bin Buyah or been in  the service of the caliph Al-Radhi in Baghdad,Vugmshir was in Ray but the Buyids defeated him and occupied Ray and retook Isfahan too, he retreated to Tabaristan and Gurgan,Gurgan changed hands several times,he always aknowledged Samanid supermacy and disaknowledged,the Buyids defeated him and enter Tabaristan and Gurgan for a breif period in 962 A.D and 966,he was deeply get involved in the struggle between Samanids and Buyids,his state was between them that weakened his position.

 

Azimuth, in general, the Turkish mercenaries practiced their old religion (Shamanism or Nestorianism).

Here one Iranian guy, Hoshyar, wrote that Zeyarids were of Sunni section of Islam. The authors of this topic might be wrong.