Buyid Dynasty

Type Object Region West Asia Time c. 850–1062

The Buyid dynasty, a Shia military group from the Daylam mountains south of the Caspian, rose in the Abbasid court and controlled Iraq and western Ir…

Timeline

c. 850–900Daylam · Gilan-MazandaranFrom the mid-9th century, Daylam mountain warriors were heavily recruited as mercenaries by the Abbasid caliphs and their local governors; the family of the three Buyid brothers accumulated power within this military-clan network, noted for Shia faith and mountain infantry tactics.
934–945Shiraz · FarsAli ibn Buya seized Fars in 934 and proclaimed himself emir; his brother Ahmad later took Iraq and entered Baghdad in 945, making the Buyids nominal regents of the Abbasid caliph.
945–983Baghdad · IraqBetween 945 and 983, descendants of the three Buyid brothers divided rule among Iraq (Baghdad), Fars (Shiraz), and Jibal (Rayy), nominally honoring the Abbasid caliph while actually controlling central administration, finances, and the military, and promoting Shia religious rituals in public life.

Sources

Buyids — C. Edmund Bosworth https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/buyids
The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century — Hugh Kennedy (2016)