Shia Islam

The Buyids: Persia’s Shia Dynasty That Ruled the Abbasid Caliphate

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The Buyids: Persian Shia Dynasty That Ruled Medieval Iran and Iraq

Imagine this: the twilight years of the Abbasid Caliphate, a once-mighty empire now a shadow of its former self, its caliphs mere figureheads. Into this fragmented landscape emerged a new power, one that would reshape the political and cultural map of the Middle East for over a century. These were the Buyids, a dynasty of … Read more