علي بن أحمد; 877/78 – 13 August 908), better known by his regnal name al-Muktafī bi-llāh (Arabic: المكتفي بالله, lit. 'Content with God Alone'), was the...

the helm of the state. The brief reign of his less able son and heir, al-Muktafi, still saw some major gains, notably the annexation of the Tulunid domains...

father al-Mu'tadid and older half-brother al-Muktafi, al-Muqtadir's reign marks the onset of rapid decline. The full treasury inherited by al-Muqtadir...

to 946. Al-Mustakfi was a younger son of Caliph al-Muktafi, and hence a rival to the line of Caliph al-Muqtadir that reigned in 908–944, a period during...

Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah KStJ (Jawi: سلطان محمود المكتفي بالله شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان إسماعيل ناصر...

Al-Wathiqu Billah Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah (Jawi: الواثق بالله سلطان ميزان زين العابدين ابن المرحوم...

caliphate of al-Muktafi (r. 902–908). After his brother's death in 904, Ali became the chief aide to the vizier al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i. The...

weak ruler who would be easy to manipulate: al-Muktafi's 13-year-old brother Ja'far, who became Caliph al-Muqtadir (r. 908–932). In December 908, a palace...

executed, but lived until his death in 972. Soon after succeeding al-Muktafi, Caliph al-Muqtadir recaptured Basra and ordered the re-fortification of the...

with al-Muktafi's death in 908, the so-called "Abbasid restoration" passed its high-water mark, and a new period of crisis began. After al-Muktafi's death...

Tuzun instead chose al-Mustakfi (r. 944–946), a son of Caliph al-Muktafi (r. 902–908). The medieval sources report that al-Mustakfi and al-Fadl hated each...

and a court companion of three Abbāsid caliphs: al-Muktafī, his successor al-Muqtadir, and later, al-Radi, whom he also tutored. He was a bibliophile...

ibn al-Mu'tazz's cousin Al-Muktafi, died. Vizier al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i wished to install Al-Muktafi's thirteen-year-old brother Al-Muqtadir...

eventually head of the fiscal administration under the caliphs al-Mu'tadid and al-Muktafi, until his death in 904. Ahmad's family had been of some prominence...

Abu al-Abbas Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abd Allah (Arabic: أبو العباس عبد الله ابن محمد ابن علي, romanized: Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad...

Dato' Seri Tengku Baharuddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah (born 20 December 1976) is the Tengku Sri Temenggung Raja of Terengganu...

Qatr al-Nada was originally intended for one of the Caliph's sons, Ali (the future al-Muktafi), but al-Mu'tadid chose to marry her himself. Qatr al-Nada...

to the Abbasid caliphs, al-Mu'tadid (861–902) and his son, al-Muktafi (878–908). Ibn Abi al-Dunya's treatise on music, Dhamm al-malālī ('Condemnation of...

Shrine (Arabic: مَقَاما الإِمَامُ الْحُسَيْن ابْن عَلي, romanized: Maqām al-ʾImām al-Ḥusayn ʾibn ʿAlī) is the mosque and burial site of Husayn ibn Ali, the...

and then crucified. Upon Al-Mu'tadid's death, his son by a Turkish slave-girl, Al-Muktafi, succeeded to the throne. Al-Muktafi became a favourite of the...

301–314. doi:10.7817/jameroriesoci.137.2.0301. Zetterstéen, K. V. (1993). "al-Muḳtafī". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Pellat, Ch. (eds...

The Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Mosque (Malay: Masjid Al-Muktafi Billah Shah or Masjid Ladang) is the modern royal mosque of Terengganu, Malaysia. It is located...

Abd al-Wahid I 'al-Makhlu' 1224 Abdallah al-Adil 1224–1227 Yahya 'al-Mutasim' 1227–1229 Abu al-Ala Idris I al-Ma'mun, 1229–1232 Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid...

Al-Muhtadi, was the fourteenth Abbasid Caliph. He ruled from 869 to 21 June 870. Muhammad ibn Al-Muktafi was an Abbasid Prince and son of Caliph al-Muktafi...

The House of Wisdom (Arabic: بَيْت الْحِكْمَة Bayt al-Ḥikmah), also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, was believed to be a major Abbasid-era public...

Syed Felsham (born 1984) (25) Syed Fernash (born 1988) Sultan Mahmud al-Muktafi billah Shah (1930–1998) Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (born 1962) (1) Tengku...

Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Terengganu. He was succeeded by Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah, his eldest son. He died exactly nine years later after his...

hospital named after its founder al-Muʿtaḍid (d. 902 CE). Under the reign of Al-Mutadid's son, Al-Muktafi (r. 902–908) al-Razi was commissioned to build...

Muhammad al-Mahdi (Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر هَارُون ٱبْنِ مُحَمَّد ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, romanized: Abū Ja'far Hārūn ibn Muḥammad al-Mahdī), or simply Harun ibn al-Mahdi...

The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXVIII: The Return of the Caliphate to Baghdad: The Caliphates of al-Muʿtaḍid, al-Muktafī and al-Muqtadir, A.D. 892–915/A...