al-Mustakfi

Type Figure Region West Asia Time 905–949 Also known as al-Mustakfi

Twenty-second Abbasid caliph (r. 944–946), born in Baghdad in 905; installed as a Buyid puppet and deposed and killed after only about two years, mar…

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905–944Baghdad · IraqBorn in Baghdad into the Abbasid royal family. Raised at court amid Buyid actual control of Iraq, he was drawn into power struggles before ever holding real power.
944–946Baghdad · IraqRaised to the caliphate in 944 by Buyid military strongmen, but served only as a religious and symbolic figurehead. Deposed in 946 and killed around 949, with Abbasid nominal authority remaining under Buyid control.

Sources

Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition — Brill
Encyclopaedia Britannica