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عماد الدولة علي بن بويه

عماد الدولة علي بن بويه

Son of the poor fisherman Buya — who dreamed fire issued from him filling the world, read as his sons ruling it. Mardawij's captain, sent to extract Karkh's money, he broke away in 322, beat the caliph's deputy and took Fars; he bargained with al-Radi — a yearly eight hundred million dirhams for what he held — received a banner and robes, then stalled on payment 1; he died at Shiraz in Jumada II 338 of a kidney ulcer 2.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview

Imad al-Dawla Ali ibn Buya, the eldest of the Buyid brothers. Al-Suyuti relates that he was the son of a poor fisherman, and became a commander under Mardawij. Then he became independent, defeated the caliph's deputy Muhammad ibn Yaqut, and seized Fars in 322 AH. He agreed with al-Radi to hold what he held for eight hundred million dirhams a year, and then delayed paying the money. 3

Title and death

Al-Mustakfi gave him the title "Imad al-Dawla" when his brother Ahmad entered Baghdad. 4 In 338 AH Mu'izz al-Dawla asked al-Muti' to add his brother Imad al-Dawla to him, and Imad al-Dawla died the same year. 5

Ibn al-Athir gives his death at Shiraz in Jumada al-Akhira 338 AH. 6

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Founder of
Buyid dynasty
Participated in
The Rise of the Daylam and Ali ibn Buya's Seizure of Fars

People and things also explored

Amir al-Umara — the over-commandership· al-Malik al-Rahim Abu Nasr Khusraw Firuz· مرداويج بن زياد الديلمي· The Rise of the Daylam and Ali ibn Buya's Seizure of Fars· Buyid dynasty

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 598,603
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 366
  3. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.598,603
  4. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.613
  5. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.616
  6. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.366
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islam.museum contributors. “عماد الدولة علي بن بويه”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ali-ibn-buya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Amir al-Umara — the over-commandership

The office that swallowed the vizierate: according to Miskawayh, first conferred on Harun ibn Gharib in 316 under al-Muqtadir; when al-Radi handed all affairs to Muhammad ibn Ra'iq the amir al-umara appointed and dismissed governors, farmed kharaj and estates, had khutba and kunya and banner — the caliph holding nothing of rule — the title passing to Bajkam then to Ahmad ibn Buya, Mu'izz al-Dawla, who ran Baghdad for the Buyids nearly a century.