Abu Taher (d. 1021) was the Buyid ruler of Hamadan from 997 to 1021. The Buyids (آل بویه Āl-e Buye, Caspian: Bowyiyün also known as Buwaihids or Buyyids, were a Shī‘ah Iranian Hamedān or Hamadān ( Persian: همدان, Old Persian: Hagmatana Hebrew: המזיין Ancient Greek: Ecbatana) Events By Place Europe First documented reference to the City of Gdańsk. He was the son of Fakhr al-Daula. Fakhr al-Daula ( Arabic: فخر الدولة) (d October or November 997 was the Buyid amir of Jibal (976-980 984-997 Hamadan
Fakhr al-Daula died in 997; his elder son Abu Taleb Rostam ("Majd al-Daula") took power in the bulk of his father's possessions in Jibal. Abu Taleb Rostam was the Buyid amir of Ray, a city in Iran (997-1029 Jibāl ( جبال) was a short-lived Arab-ruled province located in western Iran, under the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad Abu Taher himself gained the governorships of Hamadan and Kirmanshah, and was hence known as Shams al-Daula. Since both sons were still minors their mother, the "Sayyida", assumed the regency.
Both sons originally took the title of Shâhanshâh, implying that they were subordinate to no one. Shah is an Iranian term for a Monarch (leader that has been adopted in many other languages They abandoned the title, however, when they accepted their cousin Baha al-Daula's authority by 1009 or 1010 at the latest. Baha' al-Daula (d December 22 1012) was the Buyid amir of Iraq (988-1012 along with Fars and Kerman (998-1012
In 1006 or 1007, Majd al-Daula tried to throw of the Sayyida's regency. However, she gained the support of the Kurdish ruler Badr ibn Hasanwaih and Shams al-Daula. Their forces laid siege to Ray and fought several battles with Majd al-Daula's forces. See Rayshahr for the Sassanid center of learning in Fars province When Ray was finally taken, Majd al-Daula was imprisoned for a year, and Shams al-Daula ruled in the city during that time. When the Sayyida released Majd al-Daula, Shams al-Daula returned to Hamadan.
Around 1013, following the death of the Badr ibn Hasanwaih, Shams al-Daula occupied part of the former ruler's territory. Sometime in the later part of his reign, he tried to replace Majd al-Daula as the ruler of Ray, but the Sayyida foiled his plans. He died in 1021 and was succeeded by his son Sama' al-Daula. Sama' al-Daula was the Buyid ruler of Hamadan ( 1021 - 1023 or 1024)
References
- R. N. Frye (1975). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume Four: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. ISBN 0-521-20093-8
| Preceded by Fakhr al-Daula |
Buyid Ruler (in Hamadan) 997–1021 |
Succeeded by Sama' al-Daula |
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