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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
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The Buyids were a shiah Persian dynasty that originated from the Daylaman. They controlled most of modern day Iraq and Iran for the 10th and 11th centuries. The Buyids are known for bringing about a sort of Iranian renaissance. They did this by capturing Baghdad and setting up a puppet caliph. They eventually fell to the Seljuk Turks.
Posted at Apr 10/2009 01:24PM:
ian: Consider their role in bringing about the Shia century. Also how did they opperate within the frame of a lingering Abbasid caliphate.