TY - BOOK ID - 5340044 TI - The Buwayhid dynasty in Iraq 334H./945 to 403H./1012 : shaping institutions for the future PY - 2003 VL - v. 44 SN - 9004128603 9789004128606 9789004492363 9004492364 PB - Leiden : E.J. Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Buwayhids. KW - Buwayhides KW - Islamic Empire KW - Iraq KW - Empire islamique KW - Irak KW - History. KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Buwayhids KW - Buyids KW - Daylamites KW - -Arab countries KW - Arab Empire KW - Empire, Islamic KW - Middle East KW - Muslim Empire KW - -History KW - Administrative organization KW - Buwayhides (dynastie) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5340044 AB - A study of the development of political and social institutions in Baghdad, center of the Abbasid Caliphate, in that neglected period between Abbasid collapse and the coming of the Seljuk Turks. Three brothers, Daylemite mercenaries from the southern Caspian succeeded in establishing a dynasty that lasted nearly a century, controlling Iraq, a good part of Iran and the Gulf. The period has been labled the "Iranian intermezzo" but careful examination shows that the dynasty shaped the basic institutions to which the Seljuks would fall heir: the chief amirate, the system of army fiefs and the bureaucracy. It was a period of profound change and dislocation which fostered an open and creative cultural atmosphere. The Caliphate, bereft of power, was re-established as the center of authority and legitimation. ER -