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Kamal al-Din I, was the Marashi ruler of Sari from 1362 to 1393.

Early life
Kamal al-Din was the son of Mir-i Buzurg, a influential Sayyid from Dabudasht, then under control of the Bavand dynasty.

In 1359, the Bavand dynasty was put to an end by the Chulabi nobleman Kiya Afrasiyab who founded the Afrasiyab dynasty. However, the nobles of Mazandaran did not acknowledge his rule and viewed it as usurpation. Afrasiyab shortly tried to achieve stability by asking aid from Mir-i Buzurg. However, some of Mir-i Buzurg's dervishes later acted hostile to Afrasiyab, which made him imprison Mir-i Buzurg and many of his dervishes. However, the supporters of Mir-i Buzurg shortly revolted, and freed him from prison. In 1359, a battle between Afrasiyab and Mir-i Buzurg along with his son Kamal al-Din I took place near Amol, where Afrasiyab was defeated and was killed together with his three sons.

Mir-i Buzurg shortly conquered the territories of the Afrasiyab dynasty, and laid foundations to the Marashis. The following year Afrasiyab's son Fakhr al-Din Chulabi murdered one of the sons of Mir-i Buzurg, which resulted in a massacre of most of the Afrasiyabid family. Another son of Afrasiyab, Iskandar-i Shaykhi, managed to escape the massacre and flee to Khorasan.

Mir-i Buzurg and Kamal al-Din I then turned against Jalali family which governed Sari. A battle shortly ensured between the Marashis and the two Jalali nobles Vishtasp and Fakhr al-Din Jalali, where the Marashis was victorious. With the help of former loyalists of Kiya Afrasiyab, Vishtasp killed a son of Mir-i Buzurg. Fakhr al-Din Jalali and his four children were shortly killed in a battle by a army under Mir-i Buzurg and Kamal al-Din I, whom shortly entered Sari. Vishtasp then fled from Sari and took refuge with his family in a fortress. However, Mir-i Buzurg shortly besieged the fortress, and managed to capture it. He then had Vishtasp and his seven sons executed. Kamal al-Din I then married the daughter of Vishtasp. Mir-i Buzurg also began rebuilding Sari which was greatly damaged during his invasion of the city.

All of Mazandaran was now united under the rule of Mir-i Buzurg, who wanted to spent the rest of his life in devoting himself to religion. In 1362 he gave Kamal al-Din I the city of Sari, while his other son Rida al-Din was given Amol. Mir-i Buzurg later died of illness in 1379, and was buried in Amol. Kamal al-Din shortly gave Rustamdar to his brother Fakhr al-Din al-Marashi and Karatughan to his other brother Sharaf al-Din al-Marashi.

Until then his figure had Kingdom to their children, and the only serious danger represented the dynasty of sayyids Murtadais of Hazaradjarib to the East of his territories, was founded by Mir Imad al-Din, and the throne by Amir Wali; the latter tried to assassinate Kamal al-Din but this one went on the offensive and conquered the throne where he established a garrison. A few months Fakhr al-Din regained Hooshang and received taxes to the city, then went to Talikan and from there he assaulted Alamut who sacked. Kamal al-Din, fearing an Alliance of Mir Wali (expelled from the Throne) with Timur, he was restoring the throne verse 1390 and 1391 the Rustamdar was Malik returned to Tus. When Tamerlane conquered Khurasan and Herat, Iskandar-and ixaykhi, the last afrasiyàbida, (who had struggled in Khurasan) joined the great conqueror who conquered the throne twice and the second time gave the Government in Pirak, in which Kamal-ud-Din had good friendship. Kamal al-Din sent to three times his son Ghiyas ad-Din with gifts for Tamerlane asking protection for the maraixis against the revenge of Iskandar, but because the maraixis were Shia and Sunni were Timur's military leaders including Pirak to the throne (in the East) and Malik Tus to Rustamdar (in the West) and despite the friendship of Pirak and Kamal al-Din, the Governor gave support to Iskandar. Gıyaseddin al-Din was retained as a hostage and Tamerlane ordered to cross the Cut in its vanguard. Kamal al-Din was not willing to let him cross and established his camp at the Mahanasar lagoon where were brought all the treasures of the Han dynasty and the riches of the Mazandaran province (including the goods of merchants, of foreigners, of notable, are caught up in the čulabis, the djalalis, the sawadkuhis etc.

When Timur's forces approached, Kamal al-Din came out with their forces and headed to Karatughan where the two armies clashed on 24 September 1392; the maraixis fought and were violating serious losses to the enemy but were rejected by the numerical superiority of the enemy, and retreated to Mahanasar which was besieged for two months and six days. Kamal al-Din sent then a ulema to Tamerlane to ask the aman and thanks to the mediation of Malik Tus, were able to abandon the Fort on 2 August 1393 with the lives saved; but the inhabitants of Mahanasar who were not sayyids were executed. The spoils of Timur was of the greatest of the history to which was added the pillaging of all cities between Mahanasar and Amol and Sari. The sayyids were sent to Khwarezm and Transoxiana by sea (Caspian Sea) and river. Only three sayyids were able to flee to Gilan: Abd al-Muttalib ibn Fath al-Din, Abd al-Azim ibn Zayn al-Abidin and Izz al-Din Hasani Rikabi.

In 1403, his tomb was destroyed by Iskandar-i Shaykhi, a son of Afrasiyab. However, after the death of Iskandar, the tomb of Mir-i Buzurg was rebuilt. During the reign of the Safavid Shah Abbas I, who was himself a descendant of Mir-i Buzurg from his mother's side, decorated his tomb with gold.