دخول بني بويه بغداد وتلقيبهم سنة 334

دخول بني بويه بغداد وتلقيبهم سنة 334

946 CE · 334 AH

Baghdad

In 334 al-Mustakfi received Abu'l-Husayn Ahmad ibn Buwayh with oaths and robes, made him amir al-umara — the first Buyid sovereign — titled his brothers Imad al-Dawla and Rukn al-Dawla and had the three titles struck on the coinage; Daylamites and Turks were quartered in Baghdad's houses, a custom new to the city 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Baghdad

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Overview

In 334 AH Ahmad ibn Buyah entered Baghdad, met the caliph al-Mustakfi, and was given the title Amir al-Umara' (commander of commanders). 2

What happened

al-Mustakfi sent to Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Buyah food and precious gifts. The oath was taken from him and he swore it, and the caliph swore to him and his two brothers, and a document was written to that effect, witnessed by the witnesses. He put on the robes of honour and had the collar placed on him, and was made Amir al-Umara', and according to Ibn al-Jawzi he was the first of the Buyid rulers. 2

His elder brother Ali was given the title Imad al-Dawla, and his middle brother al-Hasan the title Rukn al-Dawla. Their titles and kunyas were ordered to be struck on the dinars and dirhams. The Daylam and the Turks were lodged in the people's houses, and the source says that Baghdad had not known this before that day. 2

See also Mu'izz al-Dawla and Baghdad.

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أحمد بن بويه معز الدولة· المستكفي بالله سليمان بن الحاكم
Occurred at
Baghdad

People and things also explored

خلع معز الدولة المستكفي وسمله· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· فتنة الشيعة والسنة بباب الطاق سنة 348· الكتابة باللعن على مساجد بغداد· The Aman of Samalu and its People's Transfer to Baghdad· The Conquest of al-Anbar and the Raid on Baghdad's Market· وفاة معز الدولة بن بويه

Sources

  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi, p. 632-633
  2. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi, p.632-633
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islam.museum contributors. “دخول بني بويه بغداد وتلقيبهم سنة 334”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/buyid-entry-baghdad-334/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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خلع معز الدولة المستكفي وسمله

Ahmad ibn Buya entered Baghdad, stood before the caliph and was invested as Mu'izz al-Dawla — his brothers becoming Imad and Rukn al-Dawla, their titles struck on the coinage, while al-Mustakfi styled himself 'Imam al-Haqq'. Mu'izz al-Dawla, the first Daylamite to hold Iraq, sequestered the caliph on five thousand dirhams a day and made wrestling and swimming the city's craze — swimmers cooking meat in pots on their arms. In Jumada II 334 two Daylamites came to the caliph — he offered his hand for the kiss, they dragged him from the throne by his turban to the ground, the soldiery sacked the harem bare, and he was deposed and blinded that day, after sixteen months; they brought al-Fadl ibn al-Muqtadir, and the blinded Mustakfi saluted him as caliph.