Buyids from the Perspective of Identity

With the collapse of the Sassanid dynasty, Iranian society underwent changes and transformations in various dimensions, and the Iranian identity was affected by these changes, too. Due to the changes in identity elements, Iranians experienced an identity crisis and began to try to get out of this crisis.The answers given by Iranians when encountering these crises can be divided into three types: “Iranianism”, “Islamism” and “Iran-Islamism”.Our question in this article is that among the post-Islamic Iranian governments, what was the approach of the Buyid government in terms of identity and what are its signs and symptoms?The findings of this study show that the Buyid government is in the Iran-Islamist type in terms of identity.In terms of attitude and practice, some groups accepted elements of the newcomers and were proud of their past and introduced themselves by relying on both Iranian and Islamic elements.Among its signs and symptoms, we can mention the efforts of Buyid rulers in promoting and developing the customs and rituals of Islam (Shiite religion) and at the same time paying special attention to Iranian customs and rituals.The method of conducting this research at the level of data science is the method of historical and library documentary research and at the level of evaluating data and analyzing them, it applies a descriptiveanalytical model.