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In 296 AH, after al-Muqtadir was deposed, Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz was given the oath of allegiance to the caliphate. 1
al-Tabari's account
The oath was taken in the house of al-Muktafi behind al-Mukharram, and the judges gave him their allegiance. He took the title al-Muntasir bi-Llah, a title that al-Tabari says he chose for himself. 1
Sources
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.11 p.31
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islam.museum contributors. “Bay'a to Ibn al-Mu'tazz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/bayat-ibn-al-mutazz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.