Buyid

noun

Bu·​yid

ˈbüyə̇d

variants or Buwayhid or less commonly Buwaihid

ˈbüwāˌhid

plural Buyids

ˈbüyə̇dz

or Buyides

",

-ˌyīdz

or Buwayhids

ˈbüwāˌhidz

or Buwayhides

-ˌhīdz

: a member of a Persian Shiʽite dynasty that arose in a.d. 932 and extended its authority into Baghdad and reduced the caliphs to puppets before being overthrown by the Seljuk sultans in 1055

Word History

Etymology

Abu Shaja Buya or Buwavha or Buwaiha, flourished a.d. 932 founder of the dynasty + English -id

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