Muʿizz al-Dawlah

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…

…Hamadan; and the youngest brother, Aḥmad, took Kerman in the southeast and Khuzestan in the southwest. The caliphs al-Muttaqī and al-Mustakfī of the 940s were at the mercy of the enslaved Turkic men in their palace guard. The generals of the guard competed with each other for the office of…

…was taken by the Buyidchief Muʿizz al-Dawlah. The Buyids were leaders of the Daylamite people from the area southwest of the Caspian Sea. These hardy mountaineers had taken advantage of the prevailing anarchy to take over much of western Iran in 934, and they now moved into Iraq. Muʿizz al-Dawlah…