Muzaffar ibn Kaydar

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Muzaffar ibn Kaydar (

Arabic: مظفر بن كيدر)[1] was a ninth-century governor of Egypt for the Abbasid Caliphate
.

Career

Muzaffar was initially appointed to head the security (

Tinnis. Al-Jarawi was captured and his followers dispersed, putting an end to the uprising.[2]

According to the Egyptian chronicler

Friday prayers.[3] His activities regarding the mihnah, then underway in the provinces of the caliphate, are subject to debate; Ibn Taghribirdi reported that he tested the 'ulama' on the createdness of the Qur'an,[4] but this may be a doublet of events that occurred during his father's governorship.[5]

In the summer of 834, the Turkish general Ashinas was granted the oversight of Egypt by al-Mu'tasim, and his name was mentioned in the prayers throughout the province. Shortly after this, Muzaffar was dismissed as governor by Ashinas and replaced with Musa ibn Abi al-'Abbas.[6] Following his dismissal, he departed from Egypt, and in 837 he is mentioned as an officer under al-Afshin during the war against Babak al-Khurrami.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Al-Kindi 1912, p. 193; Al-Tabari 1991, p. 49. Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, p. 229, has al-Muzaffar
  2. ^ Al-Kindi 1912, pp. 193–94; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, pp. 218, 229
  3. ^ Al-Kindi 1912, p. 194.
  4. ^ Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, p. 230.
  5. ^ Hinds 1993, p. 3.
  6. ^ Al-Kindi 1912, p. 194; Ibn Taghribirdi 1930, pp. 229–30
  7. ^ Al-Tabari 1991, p. 49.

References

  • Hinds, M. (1993). "Mihna". The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume VII: Mif–Naz. Leiden and New York: BRILL. pp. 2–6. .
  • Ibn Taghribirdi, Jamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf (1930). Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira, Volume II. Cairo: Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya.
  • Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf (1912). Guest, Rhuvon (ed.). The Governors and Judges of Egypt (in Arabic). Leyden and London: E. J. Brill.
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Preceded by
Kaydar Nasr ibn 'Abdallah
Governor of Egypt

834
Succeeded by