An Analysis of the Political-Military Relations of the Qarmatians of Bahrain with Buyids

With the disturbance of the political, social and economic situation of the Abbasid Caliphate at the end of the third century AH, independent governments were formed in the corners of the territory of the Abbasid Caliphate;including the Qarmatians of Bahrain, who took control of the affairs of some regions of the center of the Islamic world and established a government using Islamic rites.The Qarmatian government of Bahrain was the base for military and political operations against the Abbasid caliphate, creating challenges in political and military relations with the Buyid dynasty.The hypothesis of this research indicates that the political ideology of the Islamic world at this time played a major role in the process of interactions and confrontations between the Qarmatian governments of Bahrain and the Buiyids.The rise of the Fatimids at this point in the history of Islam led to the establishment of political-military relations between the two governments.Relying on a qualitative method and descriptive-analytical approach, this research tries to identify and analyze the information available in the relations between the two governments of Qarmatian and Al-Buwayh, to explain the relations that could be effective in the political-military interests of both government.From the important findings of the research, it was concluded that the field of political-military activities in this period caused Buyids to cooperate with the Qarmatians in some areas politically and ideologically, to protect its interests against the enemies.However, the circumstances of the time and the political events caused the relations between the two governments to be affected and the consequences to be extended to the Qarmatian government.