The death of Sultan al-Dawla in late…

The death of Sultan al-Dawla in late 1024 had prompted a succession crisis within the Buyid state.

The army, which has taken charge of the succession, takes more than two years before finally definitively agreeing to Jalal al-Dawla, the surviving brother of Sultan al-Dawla and Musharrif al-Dawla, as amir.