The Buwayhids or Buyyids or Āl-i Buyeh, were a Shi'ite tribal confederation from Daylam , a region on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea.

During the 900's, Buwayhid dynasties took power in Fars (southwestern Iran, 934-1062); Rayy (977-1029); Jibal (932-1028); Kerman (936-1048). From 945-1055, a Buwayhid dynasty ruled Baghdad and most of Iraq.

During the mid 1000's the Buwayhid dynasties all fell to the Seljuks or their allies.

Their Amirs and Sultans are listed below:

Diylamids of Fars

• Emad o-dowleh Abol Hasan 932-939
• Azad o-dowleh 939-982
• Sharaf o-dowleh 982-989
• Samsam o-dowleh 989-998
• Baha o-dowleh 998-1012
• Soltan o-dowleh 1012-1024
• Emad o-dowleh Abu Kalijar 1024-1048
• Malek Rahim Abu Nasr Khosrow Firuz 1048-1055

Diylamids of Khuzestan and Kerman

• Mo'ez o-dowleh 932-966
• Azad o-dowleh Bakhtiar 966-977
• Azado o-dowleh Abu Shoja' 977-982
• Baha o-dowleh 989-1012
• Soltan o-dowleh 1012-1021
• Abu Kalijar Marzban 1043-1048
• Ghavam o-dowleh 1012-1028
• Abu Mansur Fulad sotoon 1048-1056

Diylamids of Rey, Isfahan, and Hamedan

• Rokn o-dowleh 932-976
• Mo'ayyed o-dowleh 976-983
• Fakhr o-dowleh 976-997
• Majd o-dowleh 997-1029
• Shams o-dowleh 997-1021
• Sama o-dowleh 1021-1023

See also

• Full list of Iranian Kingdoms