Buwayhids

Buwayhid Dynasty
A dynasty of mercenary soldiers from the Caspian province of Daylam that controlled western Iran and Iraq from the mid-tenth to the mid-eleventh century, dominating the Abbasid Caliphate until the arrival of the Seljuks.

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