Al-Mustakfi
Sign in to saveAbu al-Qasim Abd Allah ibn Ali (11 November 908 – September/October 949), commonly known by his regnal name al-Mustakfi, was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 944 to 946.
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- Royalty.name
- al-Mustakfī bi’llāh
- Royalty.image
- 250px
- Royalty.caption
- Silver dirham of al-Mustakfi, 945
- Royalty.title
- Commander of the Faithful
- Royalty.succession
- 22nd Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.reign
- September 944 – 29 January (or 9 March) 946
- Royalty.predecessor
- al-Muttaqi
- Royalty.successor
- al-Muti'
- Royalty.birth_date
- 11 November 908
- Royalty.birth_place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.death_date
- September 949
- Royalty.death_place
- Baghdad, Buyid emirate of Iraq
- Royalty.issue
- Muhammad ibn al-Mustakfi
- Royalty.full name
- Abu’l-Qāsim ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Mustakfī bi’llāh
- Royalty.dynasty
- Abbasid
- Royalty.father
- al-Muktafi
- Royalty.mother
- Ghusn
- Royalty.religion
- Sunni Islam
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Abdullah
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Baghdad
- Place of death
- Baghdad
- Father
- Al-Muktafi
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Family
- Abbasids
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- date of birth
- 0908-11-11
- date of death
- 0949-09-01
- ethnic group
- Arabs
- name in native language
- عبد الله المستكفي بالله
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- Al-Mustakfi
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life and character
- Background: the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate
- Al-Mustakfi's caliphate
- Downfall and death
- Notes
- References
- Sources
Abu al-Qasim Abd Allah ibn Ali (11 November 908 – September/October 949), commonly known by his regnal name al-Mustakfi, was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 944 to 946.
Al-Mustakfi was a younger son of Caliph al-Muktafi, and hence a rival to the line of Caliph al-Muqtadir that reigned in 908–944, a period during which the Abbasid Caliphate nearly collapsed, and caliphs became puppets at the hands of rival warlords. Al-Mustakfi himself was installed on the throne by Tuzun, a Turkish general who deposed and blinded the previous caliph, al-Muttaqi. In the power vacuum left after Tuzun's death in August 945, al-Mustakfi tried to regain some of his freedom of action, initiating anti-Shi'a measures, but the same vacuum allowed the Buyids to capture Baghdad. Al-Mustakfi was forced to recognize the Buyids as legitimate rulers and awarded them regnal titles, but was soon accused of plotting against them and deposed in January (or March) 946. He spent the final years of his life in prison. His son attempted to claim the caliphate in , but failed.
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