Kāʾūsīyeh dynasty

Kāʾūsīyeh dynasty, (ad 665–c. 1006), branch of the Bāvand dynasty, which ruled in Ṭabaristān (now Māzandarān, northern Iran). The origins and early history of the Kāʾūsīyeh branch are obscure. Its founder and the founder of the main dynasty was a certain Bāv (ruled 665–680). The dynasty was centred at Ferīm, in the mountainous country southwest of Sārī. Its geographical isolation and the difficult nature of the terrain enabled it to survive. In c. 854 Qāren...