At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
In 350 AH Mu'izz al-Dawla al-Buwayhi built the Dar al-Sultana in Baghdad, a palace of great beauty and size 1.
Cost and grandeur
It cost 13 million dirhams, and its foundations were dug 33 cubits deep 1.
After centuries
By about 600 AH its traces had been erased. Its site became a river bed where wild animals took shelter, and part of its foundation still survives 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- أحمد بن بويه معز الدولة
- Occurred at
- Baghdad
People and things also explored
The Buyids enter Baghdad and receive their titles, 334 AH· Nasir al-Dawla's march on Baghdad and his defeat· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Bimaristan al-Sayyida· Dar al-'Ilm of Baghdad (Sabur's library)
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 2
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mu'izz al-Dawla builds the Dar al-Saltana in Baghdad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/building-of-dar-al-sultana-350/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.