Ḥasanwayhid dynasty

Ḥasanwayhid dynasty, Kurdish dynasty (c. 961–1015) that ruled a principality around Kermānshāh in the central Zagros Mountains region of what is now Iran. The Ḥasanwayhids, with their power base in the Kurdish Barzikānī tribe, were later superseded by a rival Kurdish dynasty, the ʿAnnazid dynasty. The dynasty’s founder was Ḥasanwayh (Ḥasanūyah) ibn Ḥusayn, a Barzikānī leader who was able to acquire a number of holdings in the region. He fortified his position through affiliation with...