The Atabegs of Yazd (Persian: اتابکان یزد, Atābakān-e Yazd) were a local dynasty, which ruled the city of Yazd from about 1141 to 1319. They succeeded the Kakuyids to whom they were linked by marriage.
The names of the first members of the dynasty indicate that they were seemingly ethnically
Il-Khans until they were finally overthrown by the Muzaffarids.[2]
^Clifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996. Excerpt 1 pp 209: "The Atabegs of Yazd" (1141-1297)" Excerpt 2: "From the names of the earlier members at least, it seems they were ethnically Persian, but, like the Hazaraspids, they adopted the Turkish title of Atabeg"
^S. C. Fairbanks, "ATĀBAKĀN-E YAZD" in Encyclopaedia Iranica. [1] (accessed October 2010)
