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Ispahbadh of Tabaristan
Gil Gavbara
Ispahbadh of Tabaristan
Reign642-660
SuccessorDabuya
Born7th-century
Gilan
Died660
Tabaristan
IssueDabuya
HouseDabuyid dynasty
FatherGilanshah
ReligionZoroastrianism

Gil Gavbara (Persian: گیل گاوباره), also known as Gavbarih (the Cow Devotee), was a general and founder of the Dabuyid dynasty in 642, ruling until his death in 660.

Origins

According to Ibn Isfandiyar, the Dabuyids were descended from Djamasp, a brother of the Sassanid shah Kavadh I. Gil Gavbara was the grandson of Piruz, who is described as brave as the Iranian mythological hero Rostam. Piruz later became the ruler of Gilan, and married a local princess who bore him a son named Gilanshah, who in turn had a son, Gil Gavbara.

Biography

Piruz died around 642 and was succeeded by Gil Gavbara as the ruler of Gilan. Gil Gavbara, together with Farrukhzad from the House of Ispahbudhan, signed a peace treaty with the Arab conquerors and was given control of Tabaristan, which led to the formal conferment of the titles of Gil-Gilan ("ruler of Gilan") and Padashwargarshah ("Shah of Patashwargar", the old name of Tabaristan's mountains) to Gil Gavbara's son Dabuya by Yazdegerd III, the last Sasanian shah.

References

  1. Pourshariati 2008, p. 377.
  2. Pourshariati 2008, p. 302.
  3. Madelung 1993, pp. 541–544.
  4. Pourshariati 2008, p. 304-305.

Sources

Gil Gavbara Dabuyid dynastyBorn: Unknown Died: 660
Iranian royalty
Preceded byPiruz Ispahbadh of Tabaristan
642-660
Succeeded byDabuya
Dabuyid rulers of Tabaristan
Ispahbadhs Silver dirham issued by Khurshid
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