Mu'nis al-Muzaffar rose to high rank before his abrupt disgrace, likely the result of his participation court intrigues, in 901.
11 Facts About Mu'nis al-Muzaffar
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Mu'nis al-Muzaffar spent the next seven years in virtual exile as governor of Mecca, before being recalled by Caliph al-Muqtadir in 908.
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Al-Muktafi was apparently hostile to him, possibly because Mu'nis al-Muzaffar had been involved in harem intrigues in favour of al-Muqtadir.
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Mu'nis al-Muzaffar led the defence of the Hasani Palace and the coup collapsed.
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Mu'nis al-Muzaffar' rise provoked the hostility of the vizier, Ibn al-Furat, who sought to remove him from Baghdad and sent him on campaigns in the frontiers.
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In 909 Mu'nis al-Muzaffar led the customary summer raid against the Byzantine Empire, launching an invasion of Byzantine Asia Minor from Malatya and returning with many prisoners.
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Mu'nis al-Muzaffar then proceeded to the, where the Byzantines, taking advantage of the Hamdanid uprising, had captured the fortress of Hisn Mansur and deported its population.
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At court, Mu'nis al-Muzaffar was an early and staunch opponent of Ibn al-Furat, and an ally of the latter's main rival, Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah and his faction.
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In 928, following the dismissal of his favourite, Ali ibn Isa, from the vizierate, Mu'nis al-Muzaffar launched a coup and deposed al-Muqtadir and installed his half-brother al-Qahir in his place, but reneged after a few days.
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Mu'nis al-Muzaffar now possessed virtually dictatorial authority over the Abbasid government.
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Triumphant, Mu'nis al-Muzaffar now installed al-Qahir as caliph, but the two quickly became estranged.