Gil Gavbara (Persian:گیل گاوباره), also known asGavbarih (the Cow Devotee^[1]), was ageneral and founder of theDabuyid dynasty in 642, ruling until his death in 660.

According toIbn Isfandiyar, theDabuyids were descended fromDjamasp, a brother of theSassanid shahKavadh I. Gil Gavbara was the grandson of Piruz, who is described as brave as the Iranian mythological heroRostam. Piruz later became the ruler ofGilan, and married a local princess who bore him a son named Gilanshah, who in turn had a son, Gil Gavbara.^[2][3]

Piruz died around 642 and was succeeded by Gil Gavbara as the ruler of Gilan. Gil Gavbara, together withFarrukhzad from theHouse of Ispahbudhan, signed a peace treaty with the Arab conquerors^[4] and was given control ofTabaristan, which led to the formal conferment of the titles ofGil-Gilan ("ruler of Gilan") andPadashwargarshah ("Shah ofPatashwargar", the old name of Tabaristan's mountains) to Gil Gavbara's sonDabuya byYazdegerd III, the last Sasanianshah.

• Madelung, W. (1975). "The Minor Dynasties of Northern Iran". InFrye, Richard N. (ed.).The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press. pp. 198–249.ISBN 0-521-20093-8.
• Madelung, Wilferd (1993). "DABUYIDS". InYarshater, Ehsan (ed.).Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VI, Fasc. 5. London et al.: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 541–544.ISBN 1-56859-007-5.
• Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008).Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris.ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
• Ibn, Isfandiyar (1905).An Abridged Translation of the History of Tabaristan. University of Michigan: BRILL. pp. 1–356.ISBN 9789004093676.'.

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