Abu'l-Wafa Tuzun | |
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| توزون | |
| amir al-umara of the Abbasid Caliphate | |
| In office 31 May 943 – August 945 | |
| Monarchs | al-Muttaqi, al-Mustakfi |
| Preceded by | Nasir al-Dawla (18 Feb 942 – 11 May 943) |
| Succeeded by | Ibn Shirzad (Aug 945 – 21 Dec 945) |
| Personal details | |
| Died | August 945 Baghdad |
Abu'l-Wafa Tuzun,[1] commonly known as Tuzun (Arabic: توزون), was a Turkish soldier who served first the Iranian ruler Mardavij ibn Ziyar and subsequently the Abbasid Caliphate. Rising to a position of leadership in the Abbasid army, he evicted the Hamdanid Nasir al-Dawla from Baghdad and assumed the position of amir al-umara on 31 May 943, becoming the Caliphate's de facto ruler. He held this position until his death in August 945, a few months before Baghdad, and the Abbasid Caliphate with it, came under the control of the Buyids.