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Ruzaiq (also spelled Ruzayq) was an Iranian nobleman who lived during the 7th and 8th centuries. As the great-grandfather of Tahir ibn Husayn, he was the ancestor of the Tahirids.

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 the Abbasid Revolution, and was later rewarded by the Abbasid caliphs by being 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, Richard N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 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.

v t e Tahirid dynasty
Ancestors	Ruzaiq Mus'ab ibn Ruzaiq Husayn ibn Mus'ab
Governors of 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
Governors of Khurasan (821–873)	Tahir ibn Husayn Talha ibn Tahir Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani Tahir (II) ibn Abdallah Muhammad ibn Tahir (II)

• 8th-century deaths
• 7th-century Iranian people
• 8th-century Iranian people
• Converts to Islam from Zoroastrianism
• Tahirid dynasty