Person915–967
Mu'izz al-Dawla
Ahmad ibn Buya, the youngest of the three Buyid brothers, sons of a Daylamite fisherman. After campaigns in Kerman and Khuzistan he entered Baghdad without a fight in December 945, received from the caliph the title Mu'izz al-Dawla, ‘Fortifier of the State’, and in January 946 deposed the caliph al-Mustakfi in favour of al-Muti. He ruled Iraq until his death in 967, in theory as the caliph's commander-in-chief and in practice as its master, though he deferred to his elder brothers.
- Dates
- 915 – 8 April 967
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Middle East and Egypt
- In the threads
- Middle East and Egypt (6th–10th c.)
Events
- The Buyids take Baghdad19 December 945 · Middle East and Egypt