Al-Radi

al-Radi bi'llah
الراضي بالله
Caliph
Commander of the Faithful
Gold dinar of al-Radi, minted at al-Ahwaz in 934
20th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Reign24 April 934 – 12 December 940
Predecessoral-Qahir
Successoral-Muttaqi
BornMuhammad ibn Ja'far al-Muqtadir[1]
1 January 909[1]
Baghdad[1]
Died13 December 940[2] (aged 31)
Baghdad[2]
Burial
ConsortFarha[3]
Rabab[3]
Issueal-Abbas
Names
Abu'l-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Muqtadir al-Radi bi'llah
DynastyAbbasid
Fatheral-Muqtadir
MotherZalum
ReligionSunni Islam

Abu'l-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Muqtadir (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد (محمد) بن جعفر المقتدر, romanizedAbū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad (Muḥammad) ibn al-Muqtadir; 1 January 909 – 13 December 940), usually simply known by his regnal name al-Radi bi'llah (Arabic: الراضي بالله, romanizedal-Rāḍī bi'llāh, lit.'Content with God'[4]), was the twentieth Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from 934 to his death. He died on 23 December 940 at the age of 31. His reign marked the end of the caliph's political power and the rise of military strongmen, who competed for the title of amir al-umara.

  1. ^ a b c Duindam, J.; Artan, T.; Kunt, M. (2011). Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires: A Global Perspective. Rulers & Elites. Brill. p. 204. ISBN 978-90-04-20622-9.
  2. ^ a b Masudi 2010, p. 393.
  3. ^ a b al-Zubayr, A.R.I.; Qaddūmī, G.Ḥ. (1996). Book of Gifts and Rarities. Harvard Middle Eastern monographs. Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-932885-13-5.
  4. ^ Bowen 1928, p. 336.