Abbasid Caliphate/Buyid Dynasty

State · 947–969 CE · at its largest around 947 CE

The Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad under the control of the Shi'a Buyid emirs, who took the city in 945 and held real power while the caliph kept a religious and symbolic role.

On its lands while it lasted

• Ecbatana (c. 550 BCE – c. 1800 CE): Capital of Achaemenid Empire (550 BCE–330 BCE).
• Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258 CE): The Abbasid dynasty, descended from Muhammad's uncle, took the caliphate from the Umayyads and ruled from Iraq, presiding over the Islamic Golden Age.

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