Ibn Muqla

Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla alShirazi was a Persian official of the Abbasid Caliphate who rose to high state posts in the early 10th century. His career culminated in his own assumption of the vizierate at Baghdad thrice, in 928930, 932933 and 934936. Unable to successfully challenge the growing power of regional emirs, he lost his position to the first amir alumara, Ibn Raiq, and died in prison. He was also a noted calligrapher.

Ibn Muqla was born in Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, in AH 272 . His career in public service began in Fars, where he served as tax collector. His rise to power in the central government came in 908, under the patronage of the powerful vizier Abu lHasan Ali ibn alFurat, who appointed him in charge of official dispatches. It was at this time, under the ineffectual rule of Caliph alMuqtadir that the civil bureaucracy reached its apex of power in the Abbasid court, but where the achievements of previous reigns in restoring the Caliphates fortunes collapsed due to chronic financial shortages. Throughout the period, the political scene in Baghdad was dominated by Ibn alFurat and his faction , his rival Ali ibn Isa alJarrah and the faction gathered around him , and the powerful chief of the military, Munis alKhadim. Despite his close ties to Ibn alFurat, which were reaffirmed during the latters second tenure in 917918, Ibn Muqla eventually turned against him. His next promot

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