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Mardavij
Mardavij or Maj (also spelled as Mardaviz, Mardavich, Mardavige, and Mardavaz), was the founder of Ziyarids who successfully defeated the Abbasid's army firstly in Hamadan (in the midwest of Iran), and finally in Kashan and Isfahan (the central cities of the country). On December 2, 931, Maj arrived in Isfahan, declared himself Amir or the King of Iran and made Isfahan the capital of his kingdom.
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