Samsam al-Dawla's uncle Fakhr al-Dawla rules an…

Samsam al-Dawla's uncle Fakhr al-Dawla rules an extensive territory from Ray, north of Kerman.

The rulers of Basra and Khuzestan soon acknowledge Fakhr al-Dawla as senior amir, making the latter the most powerful of the Buyids and moving the senior amirate from Iraq to Jibal, a short-lived Arab-ruled province located in western Iran, roughly coterminous with the ancient country of the Medes.