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Sayyida Shirin
Sayyida Shirin was a Buyid queen who ruled at Rayy in northern Iran as regent for her son Majd al-Dawla from 997 until her death in 1028. A princess of the Bavandid dynasty of Tabaristan, she kept power by skilful diplomacy, and Mahmud of Ghazni is said to have held back from attacking while she lived. He took Rayy in 1029, the year after her death.
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