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1. Buyids

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   The Buyids (also rendered as Būyids or Buyids of Persia) were a Persian Shia dynasty of the Daylamite origin who ruled over much of Iran and Iraq between 934 and 1055 CE. Ascending to prominence during the political fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate, the Buyids asserted temporal dominance while nominally upholding the spiritual authority of the Sunni Caliph in Baghdad. Their reign marked a significant phase in the decentralization of Islamic political power, characterized by Persian cultural revivalism set against a backdrop of…