of this period.

In 931 AD (319 AH), Hamedan was attacked by Mard Avij, the founder of the Al-Ziyar dynasty. Because the people of Hamedan had murdered his nephew, Abu al-Karadis, along with some of the army of Daylam, Mardavij turned the city into an arena of great plunder and massacre. Mardavij threw a stone lion through the gates of the city, and as a result, one of the two unique historical statues was completely shattered, and the other still remains.

Buyid Rule

During the rule of the Buyid dynasty,

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