{"slug": "rey-iran", "label": "Rey, Iran", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rey%2C_Iran", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [748, 1194], "span_label": ["748 CE", "1194 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "greater-khorasan", "label": "Greater Khorasan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "merv", "label": "Merv", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tahir-ibn-husayn", "label": "Tahir ibn Husayn", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "persia", "label": "Persia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seljuq-dynasty", "label": "Seljuq dynasty", "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": "Crime & Justice", "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": 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": 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"}}]}