Šwānkāra شوانکارە | |||||||||||
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1030–1424 | |||||||||||
Capital | Ij (Ig) | ||||||||||
Common languages | Kurdish Persian | ||||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy (princely confederation) | ||||||||||
Amir | |||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1030 | ||||||||||
• Shabankara overthrown by Timurids | 1424 | ||||||||||
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Shabankara or Shwankara[1] (Persian: شبانکاره, lit. 'shepherd')[2] was an Iranian tribe. They claimed descent from the mythical Iranian king Manuchehr who had been deported to eastern Fars from Isfahan by the Buyid Shahanshah 'Adud al-Dawla (r. 949–983).[2] The dynasty's capital was Ij (Ig) and was divided in six districts: Zarkān, Iṣṭabānān, Burk-Tārum-K̲h̲ayra, Nayriz, Kurm-Rūnīz-Lār, and Darabjird.[3] The tribe had the following subdivisions: Ismāʿīlī, the Rāmānī, the Karzuwī, the Masʿūdī and the S̲h̲akānī who were all herders and warriors.[3]
There is a contemporary Kurdish tribe named Shabankara in Kermanshah Province.[4] Abu Tahir ibn Muhammad, a descendant from the Shabankara went on to found the Kurdish Hazaraspid dynasty in the 12th century.[5]
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