The Buwayhid Dynasty in Iraq 334h./945 to 403h./1012: Shaping Institutions for the Future

by John J. Donohue

A study of the development of political and social institutions in Baghdad, center of the Abbasid Caliphate, in that neglected period between Abbasid collapse and the coming of the Seljuk Turks. Three brothers, Daylemite mercenaries from the southern Caspian succeeded in establishing a dynasty that lasted nearly a century, controlling Iraq, a good part of Iran and the Gulf. The period has been labled the "Iranian intermezzo" but careful examination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004128603
• ISBN13: 9789004128606
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.7"