Ispahdost ( fa, اسپهدوست) or Isfahdust ( ar, اسفهدوست), was a Daylamite military officer who served the

Buyid dynasty The Buyid dynasty ( fa, آل بویه, Āl-e Būya), also spelled Buwayhid ( ar, البويهية, Al-Buwayhiyyah), was a Shia Iranian dynasty of Daylamite origin, which mainly ruled over Iraq and central and southern Iran from 934 to 1062. Coupl ...

. He first appears as an officer of the Buyid ruler Mu'izz al-Dawla during his conquest of

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in 945. Furthermore, Ispahdost is later mentioned as the brother-in-law of Mu'izz al-Dawla, and one year later, participated in the defense of Baghdad against the Hamdanids. In 948, Ispahdost, along with the Abbasid

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al-Muti, planned a plot against Mu'izz al-Dawla, which, however, Mu'izz al-Dawla became informed of, and had Ispahdost imprisoned, who soon died.

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* * Buyid generals Daylamites 948 deaths 10th-century Iranian people Year of birth unknown Prisoners and detainees of the Buyid dynasty {{Iran-mil-bio-stub