Reign 642-660 Religion Zoroastrianism Children Dabuya House Dabuyid dynasty Name Gil Gavbara | Father Piruz Died Mazandaran Province, Iran Great grandchildren Dadhburzmihr Mother Gilani princess Successor Dabuya | |
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Grandchildren Farrukhan the Great | ||
Gil Gavbara (Persian: گیل گیلانشاه), known in Arabic sources as Jil-i Jilanshah and Gavbarih, was king and founder of the Dabuyid dynasty in 642, ruling until his death in 660.
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Origins
According to Ibn Isfandiyar, the Dabuyids were descended from Djamasp, a brother of the Sassanid shah Kavadh I. Gil Gavbara was the son of Piruz, who is described as brave as the Iranian mythological hero Rostam. Piruz later became the ruler of Gilan, and married a woman who bore him a son named Gil Gavbara.
Biography
Piruz died around 642 and was succeeded by Gil Gavbara as the ruler of Gilan. Gil Gavbara was later given all 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 the last Sasanian shah, Yazdegerd III.