Muhammad ibn Ra'iq | |
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amir al-umara of the Abbasid Caliphate | |
In office 21 September 941[1] – 13 February 942[1] | |
Monarch | al-Muttaqi |
Preceded by | Kurankij |
Succeeded by | Abu Abdallah al-Baridi (as vizier) |
amir al-umara of the Abbasid Caliphate | |
In office 10 November 936[1] – 9 September 938[1] | |
Monarch | al-Radi |
Preceded by | Ibn Muqla (as vizier) |
Succeeded by | Bajkam |
Personal details | |
Died | 13 February 942 |
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ra'iq (died 13 February 942), usually simply known as Ibn Ra'iq, was a senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate, who exploited the caliphal government's weakness to become the first amir al-umara ("commander of commanders", generalissimo and de facto regent) of the Caliphate in 936. Deposed by rival Turkish military leaders in 938, he regained the post in 941 and kept it until his assassination in February 942.