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Makan ibn Kaki

d. 940 · 10th century

Makan ibn Kaki was a Daylamite military commander who dominated Tabaristan and Gurgan in the 920s and 930s, first in the service of the Alavid rulers and then on his own account. He competed for power with Asfar ibn Shiruya and Mardavij, and was killed in 940 fighting a Samanid army near Rayy. His career belongs to the period when Daylamite and other Iranian dynasties rose in northern Iran.

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Alavid dynasty

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