Dynasty·Abbasid
Buyids Enter Baghdad and Take Control of the Caliphate
- Date
- 19 December 945 CE11 Jumada al-Ula 334 AH1,081 years ago
- Place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- People
- Mu'izz al-Dawla, Al-Mustakfi
Ahmad ibn Buya entered Baghdad on 19 December 945 and took the title Mu'izz al-Dawla. His brothers controlled much of Iran and Iraq. The Abbasid caliphs stayed in office, but the Buyids held real power in Baghdad for more than a century. The Buyid family came from Daylam and followed Shia Islam.
Why it matters
Buyid rule shaped the political order of Baghdad until the arrival of the Seljuks in 1055.