Al-Muti
Sign in to saveAbū ʾl-Qāsim al-Faḍl ibn al-Muqtadir (913/14 – September/October 974), better known by his regnal name of al-Muṭīʿ li-ʾllāh (), was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 946 to 974, ruling under the tutelage of the Buyid emirs.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- al-Muṭīʿ li-ʾllāh
- Royalty.image
- MansurISamanidCoinHistoryofIran.jpg
- Royalty.image_size
- 280px
- Royalty.alt
- Obverse and reverse of a copper coin with Arabic lettering
- Royalty.caption
- Copper fals of the Samanid ruler Mansur I ibn Nuh, citing al-Muti' as overlord, Bukhara, 964/65 CE
- Royalty.title
- Caliph Commander of the Faithful
- Royalty.succession
- Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.reign
- 28 January 946 – 5 August 974
- Royalty.predecessor
- al-Mustakfi
- Royalty.successor
- al-Ta'i
- Royalty.birth_date
- 913/14
- Royalty.birth_place
- Baghdad
- Royalty.death_date
- 12 October 974 (aged 60)
- Royalty.death_place
- Dayr al-Aqul
- Royalty.burial_place
- al-Rusafa, Baghdad
- Royalty.issue
- al-Ta'i
- Royalty.spouse
- Utb
- Royalty.spouse type
- Consort
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Baghdad
- Child
- At-Ta'i
- Father
- Al-Muqtadir
- Sibling
- Al-Muttaqi
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Family
- Abbasids
- Image
- Dinar Al-Muti(334-363h).jpg
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- date of birth
- 0914-01-01
- date of death
- 0974-10-12
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life
- Caliphate
- Rise to the throne
- Role and relations with the Buyids
- Facing the Shi'a and Byzantine challenges
- Abdication and death
- Notes
- References
- Sources
Abū ʾl-Qāsim al-Faḍl ibn al-Muqtadir (913/14 – September/October 974), better known by his regnal name of al-Muṭīʿ li-ʾllāh (), was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 946 to 974, ruling under the tutelage of the Buyid emirs.
Al-Muti's reign represented the nadir of the Abbasid caliphate's power and authority. In previous decades, the secular authority of the caliphs had shrunk to Iraq, and even there had been curtailed by powerful warlords; with the Buyid conquest of Baghdad, it was now abolished entirely. Al-Muti' was raised to the throne by the Buyids and was effectively reduced to a rubber-stamp figurehead, albeit with some vestiges of authority over judicial and religious appointments in Iraq. The very fact of his subordination and powerlessness helped restore some stability to the caliphal institution: in stark contrast to his short-lived and violently deposed predecessors, al-Muti' enjoyed a long and relatively unchallenged tenure, and was able to hand over the throne to his son al-Ta'i'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Muti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.