'Adud al-Dawla
BUYID DYNASTY EMIR (936-983)
Adud ad-Daula; Adud o-dowleh; Azdoddoleh; 'Adud ad-Dawlah; Azad o-dowleh; Azado o-dowleh; Adhad ad-Dowleh; Adud ad-Dawlah; Adud ad-dawlah; 'Adud ad-Dawla; 'Adud al-Daula; Fanna Khusraw; Adud al-Dawla; Azod al-Dawla; Adud ad-Dawla; ʿAḍud al-Dawla
Fannā (Panāh) Khusraw (), better known by his laqab of ʿAḍud al-Dawla (, "Pillar of the [Abbasid] Dynasty") (September 24, 936 – March 26, 983) was an emir of the Buyid dynasty, ruling from 949 to 983, and at his height of power ruling an empire stretching from Makran to Yemen and the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. He is widely regarded as the greatest monarch of the dynasty, and by the end of his reign he was the most powerful ruler in the Middle East.