The station of police officer's post in cities of the Buyid era

This article, relying upon historical evidence attempts to scrutinize some of the features, qualities and the performance of police officer’s post in buyid cities as well as the political and social impacts on its administration procedures and its activities. In the present research, police officer’s post and its features and performance in buyid era is studied. The findings of this research determine that the significance of police officer’s post as a military wing and as law enforcer in cities is indicative of increased efforts by the Shia buyid governments for maintaining order and eliminating existing tensions in cities, so as to dominate Baghdad and Abbasid caliphate system and to consolidate its power derived from its fighting spirit force. The special political, social and cultural features of cities in Iran and Iraq after the establishment of buyid dynasty led to an increased political significance of police officer body which was in essence responsible for establishing security and order inside urban societies and assisting other entities and systems like the Judiciary, Accounting and Law enforcement and performing its duties against people of the society. Moreover, due to the vast territorial possessions of buyid Emirs, police officers and deputies were tasked with maintaining security in Iran and Baghdad.