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Accession of Abbasid Caliph al-Qa'im
After Caliph al-Qadir died in Baghdad in November 1031, his son Abu Ja'far Abdullah acceded as al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, the twenty-sixth Baghdad caliph…
Timeline
- 1031Caliphal Palace, Baghdad · IraqCaliph al-Qadir, who had reigned forty years, died in Baghdad. He had designated his second son Abu Ja'far as successor back in 1030, entirely independent of the Buyid emirs, reflecting the Abbasid royal house's reassertion of control over succession.
- 1031Baghdad · IraqAl-Qa'im formally received the oath of allegiance (bay'a) from his subjects in Baghdad, smoothly succeeding as the twenty-sixth Abbasid caliph. His accession faced no Buyid or internal court challenge, and the new caliph immediately began minting coins in his own name.
Sources
- Al-Qa'im (Abbasid caliph at Baghdad) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qa%27im_(Abbasid_caliph_at_Baghdad)
- Al-Qadir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qadir
- The Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 1A — P. M. Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis (eds.) (1970)