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al-Muktafī

ʿAbbāsid caliph
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al-Muktafī (died 908) was an ʿAbbāsid caliph who reigned from 902–908 and prosecuted wars on several fronts vigorously in a period of disintegration of the Islamic empire. The son of al-Muʿtaḍid, al-Muktafī ascended to the throne in 902 with somewhat more popular support than his predecessors, thanks to his liberal rule and abolition of dungeons in Baghdad. He immediately faced battle with the Qarmaṭians, a schismatic sect and political movement, and defeated them once in...

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