Yazidids

The Yazidids (بنو يزيد) or Mazyadids (after their ancestor Mazyad al-Shaybani) or Shaybanids (after Banu Shayban), were an Arab family what came to rule over the region of Shirvan (in Azerbaijan) in the mid 9th century. Starting from Haytham ibn Khalid's assumption of the ancient Iranian title of Shirvanshah in 861, they practically broke free of Abbasid control and was therefore out of scope for most chroniclers of the Caliphate.

Branches
The dynasty was named after Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani, an Abbasid Governor of Arminiyah. Yazidid dynasty was first generation of whole independent Shirvanshahs. Dynasty ruled both Shirvan and Layzan, until latter invaded Shamakhy and united crowns. The dynasty was a vassal and tributary state to Sallarids, Sajids and others. The Mazyadid reign is largely unexplored due to lack of sources. Sometimes numismatic evidences are the only sources about reign and existence of shahs.

Genealogy
The Mazyadids were succeeded by Kasranids which is regarded as the start of the cultural Persianization of Shirvan.
 * Mazyad b. Za'ida
 * Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani, Ostikan (d. c. 801)
 * Muhammad ibn Yazid, Ostikan (c. 802/803)
 * Asad ibn Yazid al-Shaybani, Ostikan (d. c. 820)
 * Khalid ibn Yazid al-Shaybani, Ostikan (802–844)
 * Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Shaybani, Ostikan (c. 844–859)
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Haytham I, Shirvanshah (861–?)
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Muhammad I, Shirvanshah
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Haytham II, Shirvanshah
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Ali I, Shirvanshah (?–917)
 * Abbas
 * Abu Bakr
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Yazid ibn Khalid, Layzanshah (861–?)
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Muhammad I, Layzanshah (?–917)
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Yazid I (917–948)
 * Abd ul-Badr ibn Yazid
 * Ahmad, Emir of Derbent (c. 944)
 * Abul-Haytham
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Muhammad II — Layzanshah (917–948), Tabasaranshah (917–948), Shirvanshah (948–956)
 * Haytham ibn Muhammad, Tabasaranshah (948–?)
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Ahmad, Layzanshah (948–956), Shirvanshah (948–981)
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Muhammad III (981–991)
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Yazid II (991–1027)
 * Became ancestor of Kasranids
 * Haytham ibn Ahmad, Tabasaranshah (?–1025)
 * Ahmad, Ostikan (c. 811-812)