House of Buya

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The House of Buya was the ruling family of the Buyid dynasty, a powerful Iranian Shi'a dynasty that controlled much of Iran and Iraq in the 10th and 11th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf royal house
ruling dynasty family
controlledInstitution Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
country Buyid dynasty
dynasticBranch Buyids of Fars
Buyids of Iraq
Buyids of Jibal
linked to: Jibal
dynasticTitle amirs
emirs
ethnicOrigin Iranian
linked to: Iranian peoples
floruitCentury 10th century
11th century
foundedBy Buya
governmentType hereditary monarchy
historicalEra Islamic Golden Age
knownFor patronage of Persian culture
promotion of Shia Islam
weakening of Abbasid caliphal power
language Persian
memberOfDynasty Buyids
linked to: Buyid period
namedAfter Buya
notableMember Adud al-Dawla
Ahmad ibn Buya
linked to: Aḥmad ibn Būya

Ali ibn Buya
Fakhr al-Dawla
Hasan ibn Buya
linked to: Ḥasan ibn Būya

Muizz al-Dawla
Rukn al-Dawla
Samsam al-Dawla
Sharaf al-Dawla
politicalOrientation Shia
politicalStatus de facto rulers of the Abbasid Caliphate
powerBase Daylam
precededBy Abbasid Caliphate direct rule in Iran
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
region Iran
Iraq
religion Shia Islam
ruledOver Baghdad
Fars
linked to: Fars Province

Iraq
Isfahan
Jibal
Khuzestan NERFINISHED
Ray
socialOrigin Daylamite military leaders
succeededBy Seljuk Empire
timePeriod mid-10th century to mid-11th century

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Buyid dynasty dynasticHouse House of Buya