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Al-Muktafi
'''Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muktafī bi'Llāh (; 877/78 – 13 August 908), better known by his regnal name al-Muktafī bi-Llāh''' (), was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 902 to 908. More liberal and sedentary than his militaristic father al-Mu'tadid, al-Muktafi essentially continued his policies, although most of the actual conduct of government was left to his viziers and officials. His reign saw the defeat of the Qarmatians of the Syrian Desert, and the reincorporation of Egypt and the parts of Syria ruled by the Tulunid dynasty. The war
Ibrahim Aghlab
Aghlabid emir of Ifriqiya Tunisia (756-812)
Leo of Tripoli
privateer (0900-1000)
Abdullah ibn Ali
Abbasid governor of Syria (c.712–764)
Muhammad ibn Abi'l-Saj
Sajid dynasty founder and governor of Azerbaijan from 889 to 901
Umar al-Aqta
9th-century ruler of the Arab emirate of Malatya
Al-Fadl ibn Yahya
Abbasid provincial governor (766–808)
Isa ibn Musa
Heir apparent of the Abbasid Caliphate
Humayd ibn Qahtaba
8th-century Abbasid military leader and governor
Sulayman ibn Ali al-Hashimi
Abbasid prince and governor of Basra (c. 700–759)
Abdallah ibn Malik al-Khuza'i
late 8th/early 9th-century Abbasid military leader and governor
Mohammad ibn Ba'ith
Al-'Abbas ibn 'Amr al-Ghanawi
Abbasid military officer (died 917)
Salm ibn Qutayba
Arab governor and military commander of Caliphate
Ahmad ibn Isa al-Shaybani
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Shaybani
Mikalids
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Dawud bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Abbas
abbasid governor of Medina and Mecca (750)
Masrur al-Balkhi
Abbasid general
Sa'id ibn Hamdan
Abbasid provincial governor and military leader (died c.935)
Ibrahim ibn Hamdan
Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn Barmak
barmakid chamberlain of Harun al-Rashid
Al-Fadl ibn Qarin al-Tabari
Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Muhallabi
Abbasid governor
Ziyad ibn Ubayd Allah al-Harithi
abbasid governor of Medina and Mecca (750–758)
Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Ali
abbasid governor of Basra
Muflih al-Saji
governor of Adharbayjan