Al-Mustakfi

Al - Mustakfi bi- ʾ llāh, ' Abd ibn al - Muktafi, Arabic المستكفي بالله, عبد الله بن المكتفي, DMG al - Mustakfi bi- ʾ llāh, ʿ Abd b. al - Muktafi ( 944-946 ), was the twenty-second Abbasid Caliph.

Under al - Mustakfi the battles for the Regent position continued unabated. The financial crisis of the caliphs, the price rises and the famine continued to grow. When the Hamdanids were tied in Azerbaijan and Syria, 945 succeeded the Shiite Buyids the conquest of Iraq and the occupation of Baghdad. As such, they were patrons of the Caliph and took over the government.

The Caliph now remained alone religious leader of the Sunni Muslims. al - Mustakfi however, was deposed and blinded when he was suspected to act against the interests of the Buyids already on 29 January 946. As the successor to al - Muti ( 946-974 ) was used.

Baghdad: Abu al - Abbas as- Saffah ( 749-754 ) | al - Mansur ( 754-775 ) | al -Mahdi ( 775-785 ) | al -Hadi ( 785-786 ) | Harun ar - Rashid (786 - 809 ) | al-Amin ( 809-813 ) | al - Ma'mun ( 813-833 ) | al - Mu'tasim ( 833-842 ) | al - Wathiq ( 842-847 ) | al - Mutawakkil ( 847-861 ) | al - Muntasir ( 861-862 ) | al - Musta'in ( 862-866 ) | al - Mu'tazz ( 866-869 ) | al - Muhtadi ( 869-870 ) | al - Mu'tamid ( 870 - 892 ) | al - Mu'tadid ( 892-902 ) | al - Muktafi ( 902-908 ) | al - Muktadir ( 908-932 ) | al - Qahir ( 932-934 ) | ar - Radi ( 934-940 ) | al - Muttaqi ( 940-944 ) | al - Mustakfi ( 944-946 ) | al - Muti ( 946-974 ) | at- Ta'i ( 974-991 ) | al -Qadir ( 991-1031 ) | al - Qa ' in (1031-1075) | al - Muqtadi (1075-1094) | al - Mustazhir (1094-1118) | al - Mustarschid (1118-1135) | ar - Rashid (1135-1136) | al - Muqtafi ( 1136 - 1160 ) | al - Mustandschid ( 1118-1135 ) | al - Mustadi ( 1170-1180 ) | al-Nasir ( 1180-1225 ) | az- Zahir ( 1225-1226 ) | al - Mustansir ( 1226-1242 ) | al - Musta'sim (1242-1258)

In Cairo / Egypt: al- Mustansir II | al -Hakim I. | al - Mustakfi I. | al - Wathiq I. | al -Hakim II | al - Mu'tadid I. | al - Mutawakkil I. | al - Wathiq II | al - Mu'tasim | al - Mutawakkil I ( again ) | al - Mustain | al - Mu'tadid II | al - Mustakfi II | al - Qa'im | al - Mustandschid | al - Mutawakkil II | al - Mustamsik | al - Mutawakkil III.

  • Caliph ( Abbasid )
  • Rulers ( 10th century )
  • Born in the 10th century
  • Died in the 10th century
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