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Originally Published: December 15, 1985
Last Updated: August 1, 2011
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ʿALĪ B. BŪYA
the eldest of three brothers who came to power in western Persia as military adventurers and founded the Buyid dynasty. See ʿEMĀD-AL-DAWLA.
