At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
Ahmad ibn Buya entered Baghdad, and the caliph al-Mustakfi robed him and gave him the title Mu'izz al-Dawla. Then the influence of Mu'izz al-Dawla grew and he restricted the caliph, and fixed for him five thousand dirhams a day for expenses. 2
The deposition
In Jumada al-Akhira 334 AH Mu'izz al-Dawla went in to the caliph. Two Daylamis came forward, and he stretched out his hand to them thinking that they wanted to kiss it; they pulled him off the couch and dragged him by his turban. The Daylam attacked the caliph's residence and plundered it. Al-Mustakfi was deposed and his eyes were blinded, after a reign of a year and four months. 2
Ibn al-Athir's account
Ibn al-Athir gives a reason for the deposition: the caliph's mother held a banquet attended by Daylami and Turkish commanders, and they accused her to Mu'izz al-Dawla of taking allegiance for al-Mustakfi so that they would depose him. In his account al-Mustakfi was handed over to al-Muti' after his allegiance and he was blinded, and he remained imprisoned until he died in Rabi al-Awwal 338 AH. 3
Connections
People and things also explored
The Buyids enter Baghdad and receive their titles, 334 AH· Curses Inscribed on the Mosques of Baghdad· Mu'izz al-Dawla builds the Dar al-Saltana in Baghdad· Death of Mu'izz al-Dawla ibn Buwayh· The first mourning for al-Husayn in Baghdad· The first 'Ashura mourning and Ghadir festival in Baghdad· The arrest of al-Mustakfi and his exile to Qus· The deposition of al-Muti' and the bay'a to al-Ta'i'
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 613-614
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.613-614
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.337
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islam.museum contributors. “Mu'izz al-Dawla deposes and blinds al-Mustakfi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mustakfi-blinding-334/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.