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1. Buyids

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   Origins and Rise to Power
   The Buyid dynasty was founded by three brothers—Ali, Hasan, and Ahmad—sons of a certain Buyah (or Buwayh), a fisherman of uncertain lineage from Daylam, a region in the mountainous terrain north of the Caspian Sea in Tabaristan [^2].
   The Daylamites, known for their fierce martial traditions and adherence to the nascent forms of Twelver Shi'ism, initially served as highly valued, low-status infantry forces in the fractured northern Iranian principalities. The Buyids capitalized on the weakn…