| Abu Ahmad Ṭalḥa ibn Ja'far al-Muwaffaq bi-Allah أبو أحمد طلحة بن جعفر الموفق بالله | |||||
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| Regent (de facto) of the Abbasid Caliphate | |||||
| Office | June 870 – 2 June 891 | ||||
| Caliph | Al-Mu'tamid | ||||
| Born | 29 November 843 Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
| Died | 2 June 891[1] Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
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| Consort | Dirar | ||||
| Issue | al-Mu'tadid | ||||
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| Dynasty | Abbasid | ||||
| Father | al-Mutawakkil | ||||
| Mother | Umm Ishaq | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
| Military career | |||||
| Allegiance | Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
| Service | Abbasid Army | ||||
| Years of service | 891 (end of active service) | ||||
| Rank | Commander-in-Chief | ||||
| Battles / wars | Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul, Zanj Rebellion Kharijite Rebellion | ||||
| Relations | al-Muntasir (brother) al-Musta'in (cousin) al-Mu'tazz (brother) al-Muhtadi (cousin) al-Mu'tamid (brother) | ||||
Abu Ahmad Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muwaffaq bi'Llah (Arabic: أبو أحمد طلحة بن جعفر; 29 November 843 – 2 June 891), better known by his laqab as Al-Muwaffaq Billah (Arabic: الموفق بالله, lit. 'Blessed of God'[2]), was an Abbasid prince and military leader, who acted as the de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate for most of the reign of his brother, Caliph al-Mu'tamid. His stabilization of the internal political scene after the decade-long "Anarchy at Samarra", his successful defence of Iraq against the Saffarids and the suppression of the Zanj Rebellion restored a measure of the Caliphate's former power and began a period of recovery, which culminated in the reign of al-Muwaffaq's own son, the Caliph al-Mu'tadid.