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خلع المطيع وبيعة الطائع

خلع المطيع وبيعة الطائع

c. 974 CE · 363 AH

In 363 al-Muti' was struck by paralysis and his tongue grew heavy; Izz al-Dawla's chamberlain Subuktakin proposed he depose himself for his son al-Ta'i' — done on Wednesday 13 Dhu'l-Qa'da after twenty-nine years and months, recorded with qadi Ibn Umm Shayban, and he was called 'al-Shaykh al-Fadil' thereafter. Ibn Shahin says he abdicated unforced; he went to Wasit and died Muharram 364. Al-Dhahabi: al-Muti' and his son were helpless among the Buyids, the caliphs' weakness lasting till al-Muqtafi 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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960970980990 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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موجز

في سنة 363هـ أصاب الفالج الخليفة المطيع لله وثقل لسانه، فدعاه حاجب عز الدولة سبكتكين إلى خلع نفسه وتسليم الأمر إلى ولده الطائع لله. 2

الخلع

فعل المطيع ذلك، وعُقد الأمر للطائع يوم الأربعاء الثالث عشر من ذي القعدة. وكانت مدة خلافة المطيع تسعاً وعشرين سنة وأشهراً. وأثبت خلعه القاضي ابن أم شيبان، وصار يسمى بعده «الشيخ الفاضل». 2

الروايات

قال ابن شاهين إنه خلع نفسه غير مكره فيما صح عنده. وخرج إلى واسط مع ولده، ومات في محرم سنة 364هـ. 2

قال الذهبي إن المطيع وابنه كانا مستضعفين مع بني بويه، وإن أمر الخلفاء لم يزل في ضعف إلى أن استخلف المقتفي. 2

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المطيع لله الفضل بن المقتدر· الطائع لله عبد الكريم بن المطيع· سبكتكين حاجب عز الدولة

People and things also explored

تفويض الطائع الأمر إلى عضد الدولة· خلع معز الدولة المستكفي وسمله· خلع الطائع وتولية القادر· المطيع لله الفضل بن المقتدر· الطائع لله عبد الكريم بن المطيع· سبكتكين حاجب عز الدولة

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 624
  2. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.624
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تفويض الطائع الأمر إلى عضد الدولة

In 369 al-Ta'i' sat on the throne ringed by a hundred swordsmen, Uthman's mushaf before him, the Burda on his shoulder, the qadib in his hand, the Prophet's sword at his side; the curtain Adud al-Dawla sent hung so no soldier's eye touched the caliph first. Adud entered and kissed the ground — his captain Ziyad recoiled: 'what is this, king? is this God?' — 'this is God's caliph on earth'. Seven times he kissed the ground, then the caliph's foot, and sat on a chair only under oath. Al-Ta'i' said: 'I have resolved to delegate to you what God entrusted to me of the subjects' affairs in earth's east and west, save my household and retinue'. Before this he had received the investiture robes, a jewelled crown, and two standards — silvered as amirs' and gilded as heirs-apparent's, the latter unprecedented — and in 368 the drums at his gate and the khutba from the court minbars, which Ibn al-Jawzi notes had never been granted even to heirs.