Nomadic
Incursions
•By
the mid-10th century breakaway former provinces began to
challenge Abbasid rule.
•The
Buyids of Persia captured Baghdad in 945.
•The
caliphs henceforth became powerless puppets controlled by sultans,
the actual rulers.
•The
Seljuk Turks defeated the Buyids in 1055 and ruled the remnants
of the Abbasid empire for two centuries.
