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Al-Muqtadir

Type Figure Region Western Asia Time 895–932 Also known as Al-Muqtadir

The eighteenth Abbasid caliph (r. 908–932), born in Samarra in 895; he ascended the throne as a child, long dominated by his mother, eunuchs, and mil…

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  1. 895–908Samarra · IraqBorn in the Samarra court, son of Caliph al-Mu'tadid. In 908 he ascended the throne at the age of only thirteen with the support of his mother and court factions, nominally the supreme religious leader of the Islamic world.
  2. 908–932Baghdad · IraqDuring his twenty-four-year reign, real power was largely held by viziers, eunuchs, and the palace guard; financial distress, court coups, and regional separatism intensified, and central control over regions beyond Iraq steadily weakened.

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