1. Al-Muqtadir came to the throne at the age of 13, the youngest Caliph in Abbasid history, as a result of palace intrigues.
16 Facts About Al-Muqtadir
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Al-Muqtadir enjoyed a longer rule than any of his predecessors, but was uninterested in government.
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Al-Muqtadir managed to overthrow the local dynasts who had seized power during the Anarchy and restore control over the Jazira, the frontier towns of the Thughur, and the Jibal, but his attempts to capture Fars and Kirman were unsuccessful.
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Al-Muqtadir's successor, al-Muqtadir's older half-brother al-Muktafi, was a more sedentary figure but continued al-Mu'tamid's policies, and was able to score a major victory over the Qarmatians, and reconquer the Tulunid domains.
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Al-Muqtadir's succession was unopposed, and proceeded with the customary ceremonies.
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Al-Muqtadir was the first underage Caliph in Muslim history, and as such during the early years of his reign, a regency council was set up, comprising, according to al-Tanukhi, his mother Shaghab, her personal agent Umm Musa, her sister Khatif, and another former concubine of al-Mu'tadid's, Dastanbuwayh.
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Al-Muqtadir's power was such that when her secretary Ahmad al-Khasibi was appointed vizier in 925 due to her own and her sister's influence, he regretted the appointment, since his post as katib to the queen-mother was more beneficial to himself.
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Al-Muqtadir was followed by Umm Musa, a descendant of one of the Abbasid clan's junior branches.
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Al-Muqtadir's plotting for her favourites, the corruption of her family, and her hostility towards the "good vizier" Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, who was dismissed due to her machinations in 917, are underlined in the chronicles of the period.
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Al-Muqtadir, who had been kept in safety, was again placed upon the throne.
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Al-Muqtadir was eventually slain outside the city gate in 320 AH.
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Al-Muqtadir was a Greek, and the mother of al-Muqtadir's eldest son, the future caliph al-Radi and Prince Harun.
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Al-Muqtadir was the mother of Prince Ishaq, and the grandmother of the future caliph al-Qadir.
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Al-Muqtadir was a Greek, and was the mother of the future caliph al-Muttaqi.
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Al-Muqtadir was a Slavic, and the mother of the future caliph al-Muti'.
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Al-Muqtadir was the mother of Prince Isa, and is described as having been very charitable to the poor and the needy.