Ruler · 1096 – 1160

Al-Muqtafi

Lived 1096 – 1160; politician, poet. Abbasid caliph of Abbasid Caliphate, 1136 – 1160.

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Lived: 1096 – 1160; 64 years
In office: 24 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Abbasid Caliphate
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Abbasid caliph

Abbasid Caliphate · the 35th of 43 dated reigns · 750 – 1302

31 before

Al-Mustazhir1094 – 1118

Al-Mustarshid1118 – 1135

Al-Rashid Billah1135 – 1136

Al-Muqtafi1136 – 1160

Al-Mustanjid1160 – 1170

Al-Mustadi1170 – 1180

Al-Nasir1180 – 1225

5 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1136 – 1160 · 24 years · came to it aged 40

Came to it: the nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1160, the year they died

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