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Buyid Dynasty

Type Object Region Persia Time 934–1000

The Buyids were a Shia military-political group that rose in Persia in the mid-10th century, controlling most of Iran and Iraq and installing the Abb…

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  1. 934–945Fars · FarsAli ibn Buya established a polity in Fars, while his brothers Ahmad and Hasan held Ray and Jebel respectively; the three brothers together laid the Buyid family's core territories in Persia.
  2. 945–970Baghdad · IraqAhmad ibn Buya entered Baghdad, seizing control of the Abbasid caliphal court as "emir"; the Abbasid caliph became a puppet, and the Buyids became the de facto rulers of Iraq.
  3. c. 970–1000Ray · IranThe Buyid emirs patronized Persian literature, astronomy, and medicine; Ray, Isfahan, and other cities became scholarly centers, and Shia thought spread further in courts and cities.

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