Buya

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founder of dynasty historical figure

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

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Label Occurrences
Buya canonical 8

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf founder of dynasty ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
activeInCentury 10th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abū Shujāʿ Būya ⓘ
Būya ⓘ
associatedDynastyEthnicity Iranian ⓘ
associatedDynastyReligion Shia Islam ⓘ
associatedWith Daylamites ⓘ
associatedWithTitleSystem al-Dawla honorific titles used by his sons ⓘ
children Aḥmad ibn Būya ⓘ
Ali ibn Buya ⓘ
surface form: ʿAlī ibn Būya

Ḥasan ibn Būya ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Iran ⓘ
dynastyFoundedRuledPeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
dynastyFoundedRuledRegion Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
eponymOf Buyid dynasty ⓘ
ethnicity Iranian peoples ⓘ
surface form: Iranian
founded Buyid dynasty ⓘ
historicalContext decline of Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
historicalSignificance founder of a major Iranian Shia ruling house ⓘ
houseFoundedControlled central Iran ⓘ
southern Iraq ⓘ
western Iran ⓘ
knownFor being eponymous ancestor of the Buyids ⓘ
legacy established Buyid family as de facto rulers over Abbasid caliphs ⓘ
nameInArabic بويا ⓘ
nameInPersian بویه ⓘ
notableDescendant Muizz al-Dawla ⓘ
surface form: Muʿizz al-Dawla

Rukn al-Dawla ⓘ
ʿImād al-Dawla ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Shia ⓘ
regionOfActivity northern Iran ⓘ
religion Shia Islam ⓘ
role patriarch of the Buyid dynasty ⓘ
socialBackground Daylamite military milieu ⓘ
sourceType medieval Islamic historiography ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buyid dynasty → namedAfter → Buya ⓘ
Buya Hamka → honorificTitle → Buya ⓘ
House of Buya → namedAfter → Buya ⓘ
House of Buya → foundedBy → Buya ⓘ
Ali ibn Buya → father → Buya ⓘ
Adud al-Dawla → grandfather → Buya ⓘ
Muizz al-Dawla → father → Buya ⓘ
Rukn al-Dawla → father → Buya ⓘ