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Buyid takeover of Baghdad
Around 945 Buyid general Ahmad ibn Buwayh entered Abbasid capital Baghdad, deposing the Turkish warlords and installing the caliph as figurehead whil…
Timeline
- 934–944Fars and Khuzistan · IranThe three Buyid brothers rose from southern Persia, successively controlling Fars, Khuzistan, and other regions, gradually expanding toward the core of Mesopotamia and laying the groundwork for the attack on Baghdad.
- 945Baghdad · IraqAhmad ibn Buwayh led his army into Baghdad, deposing the Turkish warlord Baha' al-Dawla ibn Muhtadir; Abbasid caliph al-Muti acknowledged his title of 'emir', and the Buyids obtained real power in Iraq.
- 946–949Baghdad · IraqThe Buyids governed as regents in the name of 'Amir al-Umara', with the caliph retaining only religious and ceremonial authority. The political center of Iraq passed into the hands of Shi'a warlords, and Abbasid central power was further hollowed out.
Sources
- The Buwayhid Dynasty of Iraq and al-Jazira — M. Canard
- The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4 — R. N. Frye (ed.) (1975)