al-Radi

Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad (Muhammad) ibn Ja'far al-Muqtadir (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد (محمد) بن جعفر المقتدر, romanized: Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad (Muḥammad) ibn al-Muqtadir; December 909 – 23 December 940), usually simply known by his regnal name al-Radi bi'llah (Arabic: الراضي بالله, romanized: al-Rāḍī bi'llāh, lit.'Content with God'), 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.

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
BornAhmad/Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Muqtadir
20 December 909
Baghdad
Died23 December 940 (aged 31)
Medina, Arabia
Burial
al-Rusafa, Iraq
Issueal-Abbas
Names
Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ja'far al-Muqtadir al-Radi bi'llah
DynastyAbbasid
Fatheral-Muqtadir
MotherZalum
ReligionSunni Islam
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