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ʿImād al-Dawlah
Buyid ruler
Also known as: ʿAlī ibn Būyeh
ʿImād al-Dawlah (born 892—died 949) was one of the founders of the Buyid dynasty of Iran. ʿAlī and his brothers Aḥmad and Ḥasan were followers of Mardāvīz ebn Zeyār of northern Iran. In 934, ʿAlī revolted against local Zeyārid rulers and conquered Fārs province in southern Iran. He made Shīrāz his capital and ruled there until his death. After Aḥmad established control over the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad in 946, ʿAlī assumed the dynastic title ʿImād al-Dawlah.
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