'Adud al-Dawla

'Adud al-Dawla

Fannā (Panāh) Khusraw (Persian: پناه خسرو), better known by his laqab of ʿAḍud al-Dawla (Arabic: عضد الدولة, lit. 'pillar of the [Abbasid] dynasty'; 24 September 936 – 26 March 983) was an emir of the Buyid dynasty, ruling from 949 to 983, and at his height of power ruling an empire stretching from Makran to Yemen and the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. He is widely regarded as the greatest monarch of the dynasty, and by the end of his reign he was the most powerful ruler in the Middle East. The son of Rukn al-Dawla, Fanna Khusraw was given the title of Adud al-Dawla by the Abbasid caliph in 948 when he was made emir of Fars after the death of his childless uncle Imad al-Dawla, after which Rukn al-Dawla became the senior emir of the Buyids. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of 'Adud al-Dawla has received more than 115,721 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). 'Adud al-Dawla is the 5,888th most popular politician (down from 5,651st in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Iran (down from 160th in 2019) and the 97th most popular Iranian Politician.