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He was born 286 AH (899 CE) and died 339 AH (950 CE).
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Muhammad Mansur Muhammad al-Qahir bi'llah
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On the death of the former Caliph, al-Muqtadir, the courtiers, who feared that his son might revenge his father's death upon them, chose instead the late Caliph's brother al-Qahir. But he was an even worse lord than al-Muqtadir.
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With an outward affectation of godliness, he went to every excess of cruelty and extortion. Many fled from his grasp. Al-Qahir, thus relieved from immediate threat, broke out into such tyranny, evenly against friend and foe, as to make his rule unbearable.
A fresh conspiracy was begun under the former vizier Ibn Muqla, and the Caliph, overcome at night by wine, was set upon in his palace. Refusing to abdicate, his eyes were blinded, and he was cast into prison in 322 AH (934 CE). Eleven years later he was freed, and was sometimes seen in beggar's rags and wooden sandals.
