List of Shia dynasties
The following is a list of Shia Muslim dynasties.- Idrisid dynasty — Zaidi
- Fatimid Caliphate — Ismaili
- Banu Kanz — Ismaili
- Zirid dynasty — Ismaili
- Hammudid dynasty — Zaidi
- Kalbids — Ismaili
Iran and Caucasus
- Justanids — Zaidi
- Alavids — Zaidi
- Aishanids
- Ziyarid dynasty
- Buyid dynasty — Zaidi, later converted to Twelver
- Hasanwayhid
- Kakuyids
- Nizari Ismaili state — Nizari
- Sarbadars — Twelver
- Injuids — Twelver
- Marashiyan
- Kara Koyunlu
- Ilkhanate
- Musha'sha'iyyah dynasty — Musha'sha
- Safavid dynasty — Twelver
- Baku Khanate
- Erivan Khanate
- Derbent Khanate
- Ganja Khanate
- Talysh Khanate
- Nakhichevan Khanate
- Karabakh Khanate
- Javad Khanate
- Zand dynasty
- Qajar dynasty
- Pahlavi dynasty
Arabian Peninsula
Hijaz
- Sharifate of Mecca - Zaidi
- Emirate of Medina - Twelver
Yemen
- Banu Ukhaidhir — Zaidi
- Rassids — Zaidi
- Sulayhid dynasty — Ismaili
- Sulaymanids – Ismaili
- Hamdanids – Ismaili
- Zurayids - Ismaili
- Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen — Zaidi
Bahrain
- Qarmatians — Qarmatians
- Uyunid dynasty — Twelver
- Usfurids — Twelver
- Jarwanid dynasty — Ismaili and Twelver
- Jabrids — Twelver
- Hamdanid dynasty
- Bani Assad
- Numayrids
- Marwanids
- Uqaylid Dynasty
- Mirdasids
Indian subcontinent
- Bahmani Sultanate
- Jaunpur Sultanate
- Bidar Sultanate
- Berar Sultanate
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Chak dynasty
- Qutb Shahi dynasty
- Adil Shahi dynasty
- Najm-i-Sani dynasty
- Nawab of Rampur
- Nawabs of Oudh
- Nawabs of Bengal
- Nawabs of Sylhet
- Talpur dynasty
- Hunza
- Nagar
Anatolia
- Beylik of Erzincan
Southeast Asia
- Daya Pasai.
- Bandar Kalibah
- Moira Malaya
- Kanto Kambar
- Robaromun
- Kilwa Sultanate.
- Onthanusi Sultanate
