At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Sultan al-Dawla Abu Shuja' b. Baha' al-Dawla b. 'Adud al-Dawla b. Rukn al-Dawla b. Buwayh al-Daylami — the last Buyid amir of Iraq; he was acclaimed after his father's death in 403 and held the realm for twelve years. 1
His end
In Ibn al-Jawzi's account he died at Shiraz in 415 at thirty-two years and five months, and the khutba at Baghdad passed to his brother Musharrif al-Dawla. 2
Connections
- Allied with
- Abu Ghalib the vizier· al-Husayn ibn Fadl ibn Sahlan
- Parent of
- al-Malik Abu Kalijar ibn Sultan al-Dawla
- Predecessor of
- Musharrif al-Dawla
- Child of
- بهاء الدولة أبو نصر بن عضد الدولة
People and things also explored
جلال الدولة أبو طاهر بن بهاء الدولة· بهاء الدولة أبو نصر بن عضد الدولة· Musharrif al-Dawla· Abu Kalijar Enters Baghdad and the Kettledrums Are Beaten for Him· The investiture of al-Sharif al-Radi in black with the headship of the nuqaba'· Qarwash al-Uqayli's khutba for al-Hakim at Mosul and Kufa· The restoration of the khutba to Jalal al-Dawla in Baghdad· The ghilman's expulsion of Jalal al-Dawla from Baghdad, 423
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 166
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.359
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “سلطان الدولة أبو شجاع بن بهاء الدولة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sultan-al-dawla/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.