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Buyid civil war between Adud al-Dawla's sons
The Buyid civil war between Adud al-Dawla's sons (نزاع بني بويه) was a series of succession wars in Iraq, Fars, and Khuzestan among Adud al-Dawla's sons.
Buyid civil war of 976–978
The Buyid civil war of 976–978 was fought within the Buyid dynasty between cousins 'Adud al-Dawla and Izz al-Dawla Bakhtiyar, ending in 'Adud al-Dawla's victory near Ahvaz in 977.
Buyid civil war of 976–980
The Buyid civil war of 976–980 was fought between the cousins 'Adud al-Dawla, ruler of Fars, and Izz al-Dawla Bakhtiyar, ruler of Iraq, after Rukn al-Dawla died in 976.
Buyid conquest of Fars
The Buyid conquest of Fars (فتح البويهيين لفارس) was Ali ibn Buya's seizure of the province of Fars from the caliphal governor Yaqut between 933 and 934.
Buyid dynasty
Buyid dynasty (Āl-e Būya), Daylamite Shi'i dynasty of three brothers ruling Fars, Jibal, and Iraq 945-1055, holding the Abbasid caliphs as amir al-umara; apex under Adud al-Dawla, ended by Seljuk Tughril Beg.
Buyid entry into Baghdad
The Buyid entry into Baghdad (دخول بويه بغداد) was the bloodless 945 seizure of Baghdad by Ahmad ibn Buya, who became amir al-umara and ruled the caliph.
Buyid–Hamdanid wars
The Buyid–Hamdanid wars (الحروب البويهية الحمدانية) were conflicts between the Buyids of Iraq and the Hamdanids of Mosul over Baghdad and the Jazira, from 945 to 978.
Buyuwawa
Buyuwawa was a Libyan tribal leader remembered as head of the family line of Great Chiefs of the Ma that produced Shoshenq I, founder of Egypt's Twenty-second Dynasty.
Buzazu
Buzazu was an Old Assyrian merchant at Kanesh around 1870 BCE, son of Pushu-ken, known for a letter proposing to smuggle tin past the customs officers.
BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed: American digital media company co-founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti; known for viral listicles and the Pulitzer-winning BuzzFeed News (closed 2023); Nasdaq BZFD; controlled by Byron Allen since May 2026; brands include BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Tasty.
Buzzi Unicem
Buzzi Unicem, renamed Buzzi SpA in 2023, is an Italian family-controlled producer of cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates, founded in 1907 and headquartered in Casale Monferrato.
Buzzr
Buzzr (BUZZR) is Fremantle's American digital multicast TV network of classic game shows, launched June 1, 2015 on Fox stations, airing 40,000+ episodes of Family Feud, Match Game, and similar titles; distinct from BZZR sports app and other namesakes.
Buzzword
Buzzword: a fashionable, often technical-sounding term used more to impress than to inform. Also buzz word or buzz phrase; first noted as 1946 Harvard student slang, with a 1965–70 Random House dating.
BV Investment Partners
BV Investment Partners, formerly Boston Ventures Management, is a Boston private equity firm founded in 1983 that makes control investments in technology-enabled business services and software companies.
BV Jagadeesh
BV Jagadeesh is an Indian-born Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor who co-founded data-center pioneer Exodus Communications and led NetScaler as CEO until Citrix acquired it in 2005.
bValue Fund
bValue Fund is a Warsaw-based Polish venture capital and growth equity firm founded by Maciej Balsewicz in 2016, which closed its EUR 90 million bValue Growth fund in April 2024.
Bvcf
BVCF, formerly known as BioVeda China, is a Shanghai-headquartered venture capital firm founded by Zhi Yang in 2005, investing in Chinese life sciences and healthcare companies.
Bvk Private Equity
BVK Private Equity is a series of Delaware pooled private equity limited partnerships, formed from 2014 and managed by Pantheon Ventures, with roughly $1.11 billion sold.
BVL International
BVL International is the international name of Bundesvereinigung Logistik, a German nonprofit professional network for logistics and supply chain management founded in 1978 and headquartered in Bremen.
BVNK
BVNK is a London-based payments-infrastructure startup, founded in 2021, that uses stablecoins and blockchain rails to move money across borders; Mastercard agreed to acquire it for up to $1.8 billion in 2026.
Bwana Heri
Bwana Heri (Heri bin Juma) was a 19th-century Zigua ruler of Saadani, a trading port in north-eastern Tanzania, defeating Zanzibar in 1882 and surrendering to the Germans in 1890.
Bwrdd Arthur
Bwrdd Arthur, also called Din Sylwy, is an Iron Age hillfort on a 164 m flat-topped limestone hill near Llanddona, Anglesey, Wales; Cadw Scheduled Monument AN024 with a 2.5 m stone wall, Roman-period reoccupation finds, and SSSI status.
Bx Strategic Partners Secondaries
BX Strategic Partners Secondaries is a series of SEC-exempt feeder funds giving accredited and offshore investors access to Blackstone's Strategic Partners secondaries funds, with vehicles filed in 2021 and 2026.
By Capital Gmbh & Co Kg
BY Capital GmbH & Co. KG, known as BlueYard Capital, is a Berlin-based venture capital firm formed in 2015 and led by Ciarán O'Leary and Jason Whitmire.
By-election
By-election (special election): an election held between scheduled general elections to fill a vacant parliamentary, devolved, or council seat. Covers UK writ procedure and timetables, international rules, and evidence on turnout and predictive value.
By-elections to the 45th Canadian Parliament
By-elections to the 45th Canadian Parliament filled House of Commons vacancies after the April 28, 2025 general election: Battle River–Crowfoot (2025), the annulled Terrebonne result plus two Toronto seats (April 2026), and three Liberal wins (August 2026).
By-law
A by-law, also spelled byelaw, is a local law made by a council or delegated body under a statutory enabling power, carrying penalties, with force of law in its area; US and Canadian usage calls municipal ordinances bylaws.
By-product
A by-product is an output of a joint production process with a low sales value compared with the main product, given little or no share of joint cost.
Byakkotai
Byakkotai (白虎隊, "White Tiger Corps") was a corps of teenage samurai boys formed by Japan's Aizu domain in 1868, best known for a mass suicide on Iimoriyama hill.
Byblian royal inscriptions
The Byblian royal inscriptions, also known as the Royal Byblian inscriptions, are five early Phoenician inscriptions from Byblos, Lebanon, naming six kings and conventionally dated to the 10th century BC.