ظهور الديلم واستيلاء علي بن بويه على فارس

ظهور الديلم واستيلاء علي بن بويه على فارس

c. 934 CE · 322 AH

In 322 Mardawij's men entered Isfahan; among his captains Ali ibn Buya drew a great sum then broke from his master, beat the caliph's deputy Muhammad ibn Yaqut, and took Fars. Buya had been a poor fisherman who dreamed fire issued from him and filled the world — read as his sons ruling it. Sent by Mardawij to extract money from Karkh he took five hundred thousand dirhams, stormed Hamadhan, moved to Shiraz, and twice uncovered chests of gold — under a snake-cleared ceiling and beneath his horse's hooves. Khurasan and Fars left the caliphate's rule 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Persia & Central Asia
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920930940950 c.
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

Overview

In 322 AH the men of Mardawij entered Isfahan, and Ali ibn Buya was one of his commanders. He took possession of a large sum of money, then defeated Muhammad ibn Yaqut, the caliph's deputy, and seized Fars. 1

The account

al-Suyuti says that Mardawij sent Ali to extract money from al-Karkh, and he extracted five hundred thousand dirhams. Then he came to Hamadhan, whose people closed the gates, and he fought them and took it by force and killed multitudes, then went to Shiraz. Khurasan and Fars went out from the rule of the caliphate. 1

The reports

al-Suyuti relates reports about the origin of the Buyids, a dream that was interpreted to mean that his sons would rule the world, and treasures that Ali found in Shiraz. These are accounts from a single source, and they need an additional source. 1

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مرداويج بن زياد الديلمي· عماد الدولة علي بن بويه

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قتل مرداويج بن زياد· Buyid dynasty· عماد الدولة علي بن بويه· مرداويج بن زياد الديلمي

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 598
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قتل مرداويج بن زياد

In 323 the Daylamite ruler Mardawij ibn Ziyad was killed at Isfahan by his own Turkish ghilman. He had staged a Zoroastrian-style festival for the winter night — mountains ringed with bonfires, two thousand birds released with oil-soaked legs, a banquet of a hundred whole roasted horses — then humiliated his Turks, who seized the moment and killed him.