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Name: Uyunid Emirate

Type: Polity

Start: 1075 AD

End: 1253 AD

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Was an emirate centered in al-Hasa that ruled Eastern Arabia and Najd at its greatest extent.

Establishment


  • January 1075: Under Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abu'l-Hussin b. Abu Sinan, the Uyunid's territory stretched from Najd to the Syrian desert. The country was mainly Bahrain (historical region) in the east of the Arabian Peninsula. It stretched from the south of Basra along the Persian Gulf coast and included the regions of Kuwait, al-Hasa, Qatif, Qatar, and the Awal Islands, now known as Bahrain, UAE and to the edges of Oman.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 1079: The Qarmatian state was replaced by the Uyunid dynasty. They seized the country from the Qarmatians with the military assistance of Great Seljuq Empire in the year 1077-1078 AD.

  • January 1155: The Seljuks were expelled from Oman in 1154, when the Nabhani dynasty came to power.

  • January 1236: The Salghurids occupied Bahrain which was taken from the Uyunid dynasty in 1235.

  • January 1236: Uyunid power was weakened by invasion in 1235 by the Salghurid Atabeg of Fars.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1254: The Usfurids were an Arab dynasty that in 1253 gained control of eastern Arabia, including the islands of Bahrain.
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