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Ar-Radi
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Also known as Rāḍī Billāh, Al-Rāḍī bi-Allāh, Al-Rāḍī Bi ʼllāh, al-Rāḍī Billāh ʻAbbāsī

'''Abu'l-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Muqtadir (; 1 January 909 – 23 December 940), usually simply known by his regnal name al-Radi bi'llah''' (), was the twentieth Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from 934 to his death. He died on 23 December 940 at the age of 31. His reign marked the end of the caliph's political power and the rise of military strongmen, who competed for the title of .

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Royalty.name
al-Radi bi'llah الراضي بالله
Royalty.title
Caliph Commander of the Faithful
Royalty.image
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Royalty.caption
Gold dinar of al-Radi, minted at al-Ahwaz in 934
Royalty.succession
20th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Royalty.reign
24 April 934 – 12 December 940
Royalty.predecessor
al-Qahir
Royalty.successor
al-Muttaqi
Royalty.birth_date
1 January 909
Royalty.birth_place
Baghdad
Royalty.death_date
13 December 940 (aged )
Royalty.death_place
Baghdad
Royalty.burial_place
al-Rusafa, Iraq
Royalty.spouse
FarhaRabab
Royalty.spouse type
Consort
Royalty.issue
al-Abbas
Royalty.birth_name
Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Muqtadir
Royalty.full name
Abu'l-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Muqtadir al-Radi bi'llah

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0909-06-01
date of death
0940-12-12
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'''Abu'l-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Muqtadir (; 1 January 909 – 23 December 940), usually simply known by his regnal name al-Radi bi'llah''' (), was the twentieth Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from 934 to his death. He died on 23 December 940 at the age of 31. His reign marked the end of the caliph's political power and the rise of military strongmen, who competed for the title of .

== Early life == The future al-Radi was born on 20 December 909, to the caliph al-Muqtadir () and a Greek-born slave concubine named Zalum. At the age of four, he received the nominal governorship of Egypt and the Maghreb, and was sent with the commander-in-chief Mu'nis al-Muzaffar to Egypt, who became his tutor.

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