{
 "id": "event/death-of-al-muktafi",
 "class": "event",
 "slug": "death-of-al-muktafi",
 "label": {
  "ar": "وفاة المكتفي بالله",
  "en": "Death of al-Muktafi Billah"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "في سنة خمس وتسعين ومائتين اشتدت العلة بالمكتفي بالله في أول ذي القعدة، ثم توفي ليلة الأحد، ودُفن في دار محمد بن عبد الله بن طاهر، وبعد وفاته بويع المقتدر بالخلافة {cite:tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl j.11 p.27} {cite:tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl j.11 p.28}. وعند ابن الجوزي توفي في ذي القعدة سنة خمس وتسعين ومائتين وبُويع المقتدر بالله من بعده {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 359}.",
  "en": "In 295 the illness of al-Muktafi Billah grew severe at the start of Dhu'l-Qa'da; he died on a Sunday night and was buried in the house of Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Tahir, and after his death the oath of caliphate was given to al-Muqtadir {cite:tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl j.11 p.27} {cite:tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl j.11 p.28}. In Ibn al-Jawzi he died in Dhu'l-Qa'da of 295 and al-Muqtadir Billah was given the oath after him {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 359}."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [],
 "data": {
  "kind": "death",
  "date": {
   "start": {
    "hijri": "0295",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "historical",
    "note": "ج11 ص27–28",
    "sources": [
     "source/tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl"
    ]
   }
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl",
   "source/muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "generated_by": "Claude (Haiku 5.5) from Apple Vision OCR of Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk (Dar al-Ma'arif), batch 8",
   "sources": [
    "source/tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl"
   ]
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "body pages read; Claude (Haiku 5.5)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "يذكر الطبري أنه في سنة 295هـ اشتدت العلة بالمكتفي بالله في أول ذي القعدة. ثم توفي ليلة الأحد، ودُفن في دار محمد بن عبد الله بن طاهر. وبعد وفاته بويع المقتدر بالخلافة. {cite:tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl j.11 p.27} {cite:tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl j.11 p.28}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/death-of-al-muktafi",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "al-Tabari reports that in 295 AH al-Muktafi bi-Llah's illness grew severe at the beginning of Dhu al-Qa'da. He died on the night of Sunday and was buried in the house of Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Tahir. After his death al-Muqtadir was given the oath of the caliphate. {cite:tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl j.11 p.27} {cite:tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl j.11 p.28}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/death-of-al-muktafi",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "طبری ذکر کرتے ہیں کہ سنہ 295ھ میں ذوالقعدہ کی ابتدا میں المکتفی باللہ کی بیماری شدت اختیار کر گئی۔ پھر وہ اتوار کی رات فوت ہوئے، اور انہیں محمد بن عبد اللہ بن طاہر کے گھر میں دفن کیا گیا۔ ان کی وفات کے بعد المقتدر کی خلافت پر بیعت ہوئی۔ {cite:tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl j.11 p.27} {cite:tabari-tarikh-abu-al-fadl j.11 p.28}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/death-of-al-muktafi",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-18"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-22",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}