Buyid Dynasty
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Was a Shia Muslim Iranian dynasty which mainly ruled over Iraq and central and southern Iran from 934 to 1062.
Establishment
January 935: Ali and Ahmad conquered Khuzistan, while Hasan captured the Ziyarid capital of Isfahan, and, in 943, captured Rey, which became his capital, thus conquering all of Jibal.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Mahmud of the Ghaznavids.
January 998: In 997, Mahmud of Ghazni completed the conquest of the Samanid and Shahi territories, including the Ismaili Kingdom of Multan, Sindh, as well as some Buwayhid territory.
January 1030: In 1029, Buyid ruler Majd al-Dawla, who was facing an uprising by his Daylami troops in Ray, requested assistance from Mahmud of Ghazni. When Sultan Mahmud arrived, he deposed Majd al-Dawla, replaced him with a Ghaznavid governor and ended the Buyid dynasty in Ray.
Were a series of conflicts between the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Georgia.
2.1.Georgian campaigns of Basil II
Was a military campaign by Byzantine emperor Basil II in Georgia.
January 1022: The Ardzruni kingdom of Vaspurakan was annexed by the Byzantine Empire.
Expansion during the rule of Tughril I in the Seljuk Empire.
January 1045: Seljuk sultan moved on to the conquest of the Iranian plateau in 1040-1044.
January 1054: Between 1053 and 1154 Oman was part of the Seljuk Empire.
January 1056: In 1055, Seljuk sultan Tughrul conquered Baghdad, the seat of the Buyid caliphate, and ousted the last of the Buyid rulers.
January 936: Hasan ibn Buya was a member of the Buyid Dynasty, which was a Shia Persian dynasty that ruled over Iran and Iraq. Mardavij was a powerful ruler in the region, and his death allowed Hasan ibn Buya to seize control of Isfahan from the Ziyarid dynasty.
January 939: Central iran with Hamadan, Kashan e Isfahan conquered by Ziyarid Dynasty.
January 941: Hasan furthered the Ziyarid's troubles by retaking Isfahan in 940.
January 946: In 945, Ahmad entered Iraq and made the Abbasid Caliph his vassal.
January 946: In 945, the Buyids from Iran took over secular power in Baghdad and limited the position and function of the Abbasid caliph to the office of a spiritual leader of Islam.
January 956: The Rawadid dynasty was a Muslim ruling family centered in historic Azerbaijan.
January 962: The Hasanwayhids created a Kurdish Muslim principality that existed from 961 to 1015, centered at Dinawar. The principality occupied areas of western Iran and northern Mesopotamia.
January 966: In 962 Wajihid Emir 'Umar was killed by Nafi', a longtime mawlā (tribal associate) of the dynasty. Nafi' then attempted to rule in 'Umar's place, and for the next several years Oman entered a period of anarchy, which ended only with the arrival of the Buyids and the establishment of a Buyid province in Oman.
January 969: Banu Ilyas is acquired by the Buyid Dynasty.
January 969: Kerman was conquered by the Buyid Dynasty in 967.
January 980: Jazira conquered by Buyid Dynasty.
January 981: The Ziyarid ruler was expelled by the Buyid ruler Adud al-Dawla in 980, because he gave refuge to the latter's rival and brother Fakhr al-Dawla.
January 990: The Diyar Rabi'a was occupied by the Uqaylid Dynasty in 989.
January 991: The Annazids wera a Kurdish Sunni Muslim dynasty that ruled a territory on the present-day Iran-Iraq frontier.
January 997: Uqaylid ruler Muhammad b. Musayyib died in 996. He was succeeded by his brother Muqallad, who in that same year marched on Mosul, forcing its Buwayhid governor to flee.
January 999: The Buyids dominate Tabaristan.
January 1001: From the 10th century to the early 20th century, Mecca and Medina were under the control of a local Arab ruler known as the Sharif of Mecca, but at most times the Sharif owed allegiance to the ruler of one of the major Islamic empires based in Baghdad, Cairo or Istanbul. Most of the remainder of what became Saudi Arabia reverted to traditional tribal rule.
January 1007: Badr expanded Hasanwayhid control to Shapur-Khwast, Dinawar, Nahavand, Asadabad, Borujerd, Ahwaz, Ilam, Kermanshah, Hulwan and Sharazur.
January 1025: The Kakuyids, a Persian dynasty founded by Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar, invaded and conquered Hamadan in 1023 or 1024.
Disestablishment
January 1056: In 1055, Seljuk sultan Tughrul conquered Baghdad, the seat of the Buyid caliphate, and ousted the last of the Buyid rulers.
