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Which Shiite clan from the Caspian region captured Baghdad in 945?

ABuyids
BFatimids
CSaljuqs
DTulunids
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Buyids
1. Abbasid power had shrunk to Iraq and western Iran. 2. The Buyids took Baghdad in 945. 3. They kept the caliph as a symbolic head. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 4, The Central Islamic Lands._
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