Ahmad ibn Buya, after 945 better known by his laqab of Mu'izz al-Dawla, was the first of the Buyid emirs of Iraq, ruling from 945 until his death.
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25 Facts About Mu'izz ad-Dawla
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla fought against the Batihah amirate several times, but was unable to decisively defeat it.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla had problems with some of his Daylamite kinsmen, who would sometimes rebel against him, the most dangerous instance being the rebellion of Ruzbahan from 955 to 957.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla took charge of the administration of the Caliphate by taking the position of amir al-umara'.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla had brought many of his Daylamite soldiers to Iraq, whom he settled there.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla brought many prominent Persian statesmen, including Abu'l-Fadl al-Abbas ibn Fasanjas from the Fasanjas family, who served as the financial minister of Basra.
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When Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla learned that he had lost Baghdad, he gathered his Daylamite soldiers, who had been busy plundering Tikrit and Samarra, and headed back to the city.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla constructed a fleet of zabzabs, and his troops used these to battle the Hamdanid forces patrolling the river.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla eventually decided to make one final attempt to take the eastern side, and if the effort failed he would give the order to withdraw.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla gave orders to his chief secretary Saymari to cross to the eastern bank with a number of handpicked Daylamites, while he himself would attempt to distract the Hamdanid forces with a ruse.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla led a number of men north, instructing them to light torches and blast trumpets along the way.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla agreed to the terms, and the war between the two sides came to an end.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla agreed to recognize the Hamdanid as ruler of the territory from Tikrit northwards, and to release him from the obligation of transmitting tax revenues from Mosul and the Diyar Bakr district.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla managed to defeat them and annex their lands in 947.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla, having assisted his brother, then sent Abu Ja'far al-Saymari to subdue the Batihah amirate.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla managed to inflict a series of defeats upon the Batihah ruler 'Imran ibn Shahin, who fled and whose family was imprisoned.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla accepted the change of rulers, and then sent al-Saymari to Shiraz to ensure that Fana-Khusrau, who was the son of Rukn al-Dawla and 'Imad al-Dawla's successor, would take power there.
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Shortly afterwards, Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla sent another expedition against the Batihah.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla kept his forces in the rear and fled as soon as fighting between the two sides began.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla demanded that the items confiscated be returned, at which point 'Imran returned the money, but kept the goods.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla sent Ruzbahan a third time to the swamp, but the latter revolted and 'Imran was spared a new attack.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla refused Nasir al-Dawla's offer, and again invaded Hamdanid territory.
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Mu'izz ad-Dawla al-Dawla had other sons named Habashi, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim, Abu Tahir, Marzuban, and a daughter Zubayda.
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