Ruzaiq

Ruzaiq (also spelled Ruzayq) was an Iranian nobleman who lived during the 7th and 8th-century. He was the ancestor of the Tahirid dynasty.

Originally a Zoroastrian, he later converted to Islam and became the mawla of Talha ibn Abd-Allah al-Khuza'i, an Arab nobleman from the Khuza'i tribe, who served as the governor of Sistan. Ruzaiq's son Mus'ab later played a prominent role in Abbasid Revolution, and was later rewarded by the Abbasid caliphs by getting appointed as the governor of Pushang and Herat. Ruzaiq probably died some years later.

Sources

• Bosworth, C.E. (1975). "The Ṭāhirids and Ṣaffārids". In Frye, R.N. The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 90–135. ISBN 0-521-20093-8. 
• Daniel, Elton L. "TAHERIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica. 

Tahirid dynasty
Early members	Ruzaiq Mus'ab Husayn ibn Mus'ab
In Baghdad (820–891)	Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Mus'abi Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim Abdallah ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir Sulayman ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir Muhammad ibn Tahir (II) Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
In Khurasan (821–873)	Tahir ibn Husayn Talha ibn Tahir Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani Tahir (II) ibn Abdallah Muhammad ibn Tahir (II)