Mu'nis's deposition of al-Muqtadir and the troops' restoration of him

In 317 AH the eunuch Muanis rose against the caliph al-Muqtadir and gave his allegiance to al-Qahir billah, then the troops returned him to the caliphate two days later. ²

Al-Suyuti says that Muanis came out when he heard that al-Muqtadir intended to appoint Harun ibn Gharib commander of the commanders. He brought the army to the caliph's residence and took al-Muqtadir out on the night of the fourteenth of Muharram, and had al-Muqtadir testify to his own deposition. Muanis and the commanders gave their allegiance to Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tadid and gave him the title al-Qahir, and the vizierate was entrusted to Ibn Muqla. ²

The troops came asking for their allegiance payment and their annual pay. They killed the chamberlain and turned to Muanis's house asking for al-Muqtadir. They carried him on their shoulders to the palace of the caliphate. Al-Qahir was taken, weeping, and al-Muqtadir kissed him and reassured him. ²

In Ibn al-Athir they took al-Muqtadir and his mother and maternal aunt to Muanis's house, and summoned the judge Abu Amr to witness the deposition; he hid it and then handed it to al-Muqtadir when he returned. Ibn al-Athir says that the troops' anger came from an order by Nazuk to remove their tents. ³

In Ibn al-Jawzi al-Muqtadir was deposed on Saturday in the middle of Muharram, and Ibn Muqla was given the vizierate. ⁴