the accession of Nasir al-Dawla to the post of amir al-umara a few days later. Tuzun in turn was rewarded with the post of sahib al-shurta of the capital...

The office of amir al-umara (Arabic: أمير الأمراء, romanized: amīr al-umarāʾ), variously rendered in English as emir of emirs, prince of princes, chief...

in June 943, Ibn Shirzad joined with the warlord Tuzun, who then held the position of amir al-umara, and became his katib (chief secretary). In Baghdad...

Al-Mustakfi Ashinas Azjur al-Turki Bugha al-Kabir Bugha al-Sharabi Itakh Muhammad ibn Ra'iq Muzahim ibn Khaqan Salih ibn Wasif Tuzun (amir al-umara)...

Turkish general Tuzun, they were forced to quit Baghdad and return to their base, Mosul. Caliph al-Muttaqi now appointed Tuzun as amir al-umara, but the Turk's...

he was deposed and blinded by the amīr al-umarāʾ Tuzun in September 944. For the 11th-century historian al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, this unprecedented deed...

affairs". She formed an alliance with the commander of the army, Tuzun (amir al-umara), and together they wielded great influence over the affairs of state...

general called Tuzun entered Baghdad in triumph, and was saluted as amir al-umara. However, fresh proceedings against his enemy obliged Tuzun to quit the...

who exploited the caliphal government's weakness to become the first amir al-umara ("commander of commanders", generalissimo and de facto regent) of the...

under the leadership of the Turk Tuzun, they were forced to quit Baghdad. Caliph al-Muttaqi appointed Tuzun as amir al-umara, but soon quarrelled with him...

blinding by the amir al-umara Tuzun in September 944. As the chief of the remaining sons of al-Muqtadir and brother of the two previous caliphs, al-Fadl was...

al-Dawla left, Tuzun and Khajkhaj agreed to divide the spoils: Tuzun would become amir al-umara, with Khajkhaj as commander-in-chief; but soon Tuzun had...

Nasir al-Dawla's position as amir al-umara also proved to be weak, and in June 943 he was ousted by the Turkish general Tuzun. In October, Caliph al-Muttaqi...

ghulam of Aziz al-Dawla, Tuzun, who was of Indian origin, to commit the murder by warning him that Aziz al-Dawla attempted to have Tuzun killed on several...

murdered by the Hamdanid prince, Nasir al-Dawla, who now became amir al-umara. At the encouragement of Tuzun and others, the Hamdanids now moved on Baghdad...

Caliphate by taking the position of amir al-umara'. The Caliph Al-Mustakfi also gave him the honorific title of "Mu'izz al-Dawla" ("Glorifier of the State")...

Nasir al-Dawla and Sayf al-Dawla. In 944, he was sent by Nasir al-Dawla to seize Syria, allocated to the Hamdanids by the amir al-umara Tuzun, from the...

and deposed, accession of al-Mustakfi. Abu Tahir al-Jannabi dies. 945: Death of Tuzun. Shirzad becomes Amir al-Umara. Mu'izz al-Dawla captures power and...

ambitious local dynasts; with the rise of Ibn Ra'iq to the post of amir al-umara in 936, the caliphs became mere puppet rulers, and Baghdad itself would...

Hamdanid Nasir al-Dawla advanced on Baghdad, where mercenaries and well-organised Turks repelled them. Turkish general Tuzun became amir al-umara. The Turks...

forces under Nasir al-Dawla capture Baghdad and restore Caliph Al-Muttaqi to power again. Al-Dawla establishes himself as amir al-umara, or de facto regent...

tribe descended from the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. The family came to power in the Abbasid Revolution in 748–750...

forces under Nasir al-Dawla capture Baghdad and restore Caliph Al-Muttaqi to power again. Al-Dawla establishes himself as amir al-umara, or de facto regent...