Buyid Loss of Power in Baghdad

Name: Buyid Loss of Power in Baghdad
Start: 1055

Type Event Region West Asia Time 1055

In 1055 Seljuk sultan Tughril Beg entered Baghdad, ending the Shia Buyids' century of rule in Iraq and transferring power to Seljuk protection.

Timeline

1054–1055Baghdad · MesopotamiaIn the mid-11th century the Buyids were internally divided and militarily weakened, their control over the Abbasid caliph increasingly tenuous, unable to resist Seljuk pressure rising from the east.
1055Baghdad · MesopotamiaAfter Tughril entered the city, al-Malik al-Rahim was deposed, the Buyid administrative and military apparatus in Baghdad collapsed, and the era of Shia emirs ended.
1056–1057Shiraz · FarsThe Buyids still had remnant forces in Fars and elsewhere, but had lost control of the caliphal court, and Iraq's political center changed hands entirely.

The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods — J. A. Boyle et al. (1968)