Buyid dynasty

Iranian dynasty ruling of central and western Iran (934–1062)

16 dated entries naming Buyid dynasty, drawn from 15 separate years between 891 CE and 1055 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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9th century

  • 891Ali ibn Buya, founder of the Buyid Dynasty (or 892)source
  • 892Ali ibn Buya, founder of the Buyid Dynasty (or 891)source

10th century

  • 934Summer – Ali ibn Buya, a Samanid governor, takes advantage of the anarchy in Persia and conquers Fars (modern Iran). He founds the Buyid Dynasty, and makes Shiraz his capital. Ali seeks the recognition of the Abbasid caliph Ar-Radi, who confirms him later as his viceroy.source
  • 936September 24 – 'Adud al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Dynasty (d. 983)source
  • 942March 7 – Mu'ayyad al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Dynasty (d. 983)source
  • 946January 28 – Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by Al-Muti and becomes only a figurehead (with the Buyid Dynasty as dominate rule) of the once-powerful Abbasid Caliphate while he tries to restore peace.source
  • 949December – Imad al-Dawla, founder of the Buyid dynasty (Iran)source
  • 965September 23 – Al-Mutanabbi, an Abbasid poet, returns from 5 years in Mesopotamia. He has lived at Shiraz under the protection of the Buyid emir 'Adud al-Dawla, but bandits kill him near An Numaniyah (modern Iran).source
  • 977Summer – 'Adud al-Dawla, ruler (shah) of the Buyid Dynasty, drives the Hamdanids out of Mosul and tries to unify the country. Abu Taghlib is forced to flee to the Byzantine city of Antzitene.source
  • 982'Adud al-Dawla, emir (king of kings) of the Buyid Dynasty, concludes a 10-year peace treaty with the Byzantine Empire. He establishes what will soon become the most important hospital of Baghdad.source
  • 983March 26 – 'Adud al-Dawla, ruler (emir) of the Buyid Dynasty, dies after a 34-year reign. He is succeeded by his 20-year-old son Samsam al-Dawla, who is recognised by the Abbasid Caliphate. During al-Dawla's rule his dominions are divided through civil war and revolts (until 987).source
  • 983March 26 – 'Adud al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Dynasty (b. 936)source
  • 991November 22: The beginning of the reign of al-Qadir, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad, under the tutelage of the Buyids and following the deposition of al-Ta'i.source
  • 998Samsam al-Dawla, emir of the Buyid Dynasty (b. 963)source

11th century

  • 1003Musharrif al-Dawla, Buyid emir of Iraq (d. 1025)source
  • 1055Winter – The Seljuk Turks led by Sultan Tughril capture Baghdad and enter the city in a Roman-styled triumph. Al-Malik al-Rahim, the last Buyid emir in Iraq, is taken prisoner.source

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