// Middle Ages
Buyid Dynasty
- Period
- AD 936 – AD 1055
- Duration
- approx. 119 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 980
- Area (max.)
- approx. 1.3 million km²
Period and duration
Buyid Dynasty — according to the map data from AD 936 to AD 1055, roughly 119 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Buyid Dynasty — greatest extent around AD 980: the mapped borders then cover about 1.3 million km², roughly 0.9% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 935)
After
Neighbours around AD 980
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Samanid Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Bagratid Armenia
- Kingdom of Vaspurakan
- Shirvan
- Kingdom of the Iberians
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 980 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Buyid Dynasty on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.