{"slug": "ray-iran", "label": "Ray, Iran", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%2C_Iran", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q636188", "qid": "Q636188", "description": "city in Tehran Province, Iran", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [748, 1409], "span_label": ["748 CE", "1409 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Rayy", "Rey, Iran"], "related": [{"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "khorasan", "label": "Khorasan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "merv", "label": "Merv", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abu-muslim", "label": "Abu Muslim", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tahir-ibn-husayn", "label": "Tahir ibn Husayn", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkic-peoples", "label": "Turkic peoples", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seljuk-empire", "label": "Seljuk Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seljuk-dynasty", "label": "Seljuk dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hamadan", "label": "Hamadan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "transoxiana", "label": "Transoxiana", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 748, "year_label": "748 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan (modern Iran), marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i takes the cities Nishapur and Rey, defeating an Umayyad army (10,000 men) at Gorgan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809772#Arabian_Empire", "title": "748", "revid": 1340809772, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 811, "year_label": "811 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Fourth Fitna: Abbasid caliph al-Amin appoints Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan as governor of Khurasan, in northeast Persia, and sends an army of 40,000 men with him against his half-brother al-Ma'mun. Ibn Mahan's army is defeated by a smaller army under Tahir ibn Husayn, at Rayy. During the fighting Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan is killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655051#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "811", "revid": 1366655051, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 930, "year_label": "930 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Mardavij ibn Ziyar is sent by Asfar ibn Shiruya along with his brother Shirzad, to capture the fortress of Shamiran in Tarom (Northern Iran), the capital of the Sallarid ruler Muhammad ibn Musafir. During the siege Mardavij is persuaded to revolt against Asfar, by letters from Makan ibn Kaki. With the help of the sons of the Sallarid, he kills other members of his tribe, including Shirzad. Mardavij founds the Ziyarid Dynasty and becomes the ruler of Asfar's former territories, which include Rey, Qazvin, Zanjan, Abhar, Qom and Karaj.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919313#Arabian_Empire", "title": "930", "revid": 1364919313, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 935, "year_label": "935 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January", "text": "January – Emir Mardavij, founder of the Ziyarid dynasty, is murdered by his Turkish slaves. He is succeeded by his brother and general Vushmgir, who is crowned as the new Ziyarid ruler in Rey (modern Iran).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468168#Arabian_Empire", "title": "935", "revid": 1364468168, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 957, "year_label": "957 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "957 Caspian Sea earthquake. It took place in the Caspian Sea and its vicinity. The earthquake is mentioned by several Arab and Syriac chronicle writers, who claimed that it mainly affected the region of Persian Iraq. The initial shocks lasted 40 days, but ceased for a while. The main earthquake then occurred, damaging the cities of Ray, Talikan, and Hulwan. A reported number of 150 villages were supposedly destroyed by the earthquake.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512729#Caspian_Sea", "title": "957", "revid": 1341512729, "section": "Events › By place › Caspian Sea"}}, {"year": 993, "year_label": "993 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Majd al-Dawla, Buyid emir of Rayy (d. 1029)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350009737#Births", "title": "993", "revid": 1350009737, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1029, "year_label": "1029 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "March", "text": "March/April: The Ghaznavid Sultan Maḥmūd brutally sacks the city of Rayy after receiving a request for help by its Buyyid ruler Majd al-Dawla against his rebellious troops. He crucifies a large number of the local population and burns many books that he considers heretical.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363085319#Asia", "title": "1029", "revid": 1363085319, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1194, "year_label": "1194 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – Sultan Toghrul III is defeated and killed in battle with Ala ad-Din Tekish, near Rey in Persia – ending the Seljuq dynasty of Hamedan. The Seljuk Empire passes to the Khwarazmian dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292975381#Seljuk_Empire", "title": "1194", "revid": 1292975381, "section": "Events › By place › Seljuk Empire"}}, {"year": 1409, "year_label": "1409 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – The Timurid War of Succession comes to an end as Khalil Sultan surrenders Samarkand to Shah Rukh, ruler of the Timurid Empire since 1405. Shah Rukh installs his son Ulugh Beg as Governor of Transoxiana. Shah Rukh then appoints Khalil as Governor of Shahr-e Rey in modern-day Iran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998092#April–June", "title": "1409", "revid": 1361998092, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}