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
surface form: Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad
country Buyid dynasty
dynasticBranch Buyids of Fars
Buyids of Iraq
Jibal
surface form: Buyids of Jibal
dynasticTitle amirs
emirs
ethnicOrigin Iranian peoples
surface form: Iranian
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 Buyid period
surface form: Buyids
namedAfter Buya
notableMember Adud al-Dawla
Aḥmad ibn Būya
surface form: Ahmad ibn Buya

Ali ibn Buya
Fakhr al-Dawla
Ḥasan ibn Būya
surface form: Hasan ibn Buya

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
surface form: Abbasid Caliphate direct rule in Iran
region Iran
Iraq
religion Shia Islam
ruledOver Baghdad
Fars Province
surface form: Fars

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