{"id":64608,"date":"2019-01-16T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T13:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=64608"},"modified":"2019-06-04T14:53:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T12:53:13","slug":"%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%88%d8%a9-279-%d8%b6%d8%b9%d9%81-%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b6%d8%b7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-1612019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%88%d8%a9-279-%d8%b6%d8%b9%d9%81-%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b6%d8%b7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-1612019\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Egypt 279 \u2013 &#8221; Weakness and Turmoil&#8221; \u2013 16\/1\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: 14pt;\">In a previous article, we tackled Ahmad Ibn Kayghalagh\u2019s ruling over Egypt, his exclusion seven months later, then Takin Ibn Harbi\u2019s assumption of power for the fourth time, until his death took place during the reign of Caliph Al Qaher (320 \u2013 322 AH) (932 \u2013 943 AD) who assumed the power after his brother Al Mu\u2019tadid\u2019s assassination. The Abbasid State affairs worsened in Al Qaher\u2019s era, as a plot for ousting him was planned, yet it failed as Al Qaher knew about it, arrested the plotters and killed all of them.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: 14pt;\">Al Qaher did not retreat from his toughness and cruelty, which aroused everybody\u2019s fury. Meanwhile, Minister Ibn Muqla managed to gain the support of the soldiers, agreed with them to oust Al Qaher, and he succeeded in that. Historians say: \u201cThey came to him one night while he was drunk and they asked him to abdicate; when he refused, they arrested him and knocked out his eyes and imprisoned him.\u201d Thus, the days of Al Qaher\u2019s rule came to an end after nearly a year and six months, his days were described as: \u201ca mass of disgrace and shame\u201d! He was succeeded by Abul Abbas Ahmed Ibn al Muqtadir al Radi.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: 14pt;\">Abul Abbas Ahmed Ibn al Muqtadir al Radi (322 \u2013 329 AH) (934 \u2013 940 AD)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: 14pt;\">Caliph Al Radi took over power after the overthrow of Al Qaher, as commanders released him from prison. However, his reign was not much better, as the historians give us a glimpse of his era: \u201cThe situation has become more turbulent in his era, the Abbasid Caliphate weakened significantly, the authority of the caliph minimized greatly that it did not exceed Baghdad and neighboring countries &#8230;\u201d The state of weakness led to much turmoil, and instigated independence attempts of some province rulers, especially the Umayyad rulers of Andalusia: Abdul Rahman Al Nasser Umayyad proclaimed himself a Caliph of Andalusia and North Africa. The Obaidiya State was activated in Al Maghreb, moving towards Egypt to seize it. Three of the sons of Abu Shugaa\u2019 Buya, the founder of the Buyid state, took over a large number of countries in Jibal and Ahvaz in the Daylamites countries. Ibn Ra\u2019ik, the governor of Basra and Al Baridi, the governor of Ahvaz both cut off the money sent to the caliph. The internal affairs were in bad condition as the conflicts in the palace of the Caliph between his minister and his clerk did not settle down, so, the country stumbled in turmoil and plots spread. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: 14pt;\">Amidst such unrest and turmoil, Caliph Al Radi offered Baghdad\u2019s rule to Ibn Ra\u2019ik who accepted and was titled \u201cthe prince of the princes\u201d; and this led to the cessation of offices and ministries, as the rule of state affairs was controlled by Ibn Ra\u2019ik and his clerk. However, things got worse when conflicts intensified between Ibn Ra\u2019ik and Al Baridi that the latter sent armies to fight the former. The armies of Al Radi managed to seize the most important sites of Al Ahvaz; Al Baridi fled to Basra, where his power increased by his supporters. Fierce clashes took place between the forces of the Caliph and Al Baridi ended with the victory of Al Baridi, being able to restore Al Ahvaz.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: 14pt;\">Ibn Ra\u2019ik had clashes with Bajkam, the ruler of Waset, and the latter managed to make conspiracies against the former until he took his title \u201cthe prince of princes\u201d, he left Waset and went to Baghdad after defeating Ibn Ra\u2019ik\u2019s soldiers in 326 AH (938 AD). Ibn Ra\u2019ik fled disguised, yet in the following year, he seized the opportunity of Caliph Al Radi\u2019s and Bajkam\u2019s preoccupation and he fought the governor of Bani Hamdan in Mosul, he returned to Baghdad and seized it. When Al Radi came to know about the fall of Baghdad, he quickly returned with Bajkam. Then reconciliation was made between Al Radi and Ibn Ra\u2019ik, and he was appointed a governor of Syria and the North.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: 14pt;\">As for Egypt, it was plagued by unrest and war since the fall of the Tulunid state. Despite Egypt\u2019s restoration under the Abbasid state, the weakness and turmoil we tackled affected the Abbasids\u2019 authority on Egypt, which led to the spread of chaos, and &#8230; Stories about beautiful Egypt never end!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: 14pt;\">The General Bishop<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: 14pt;\">Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a previous article, we tackled Ahmad Ibn Kayghalagh\u2019s ruling over Egypt, his exclusion seven months later, then Takin Ibn Harbi\u2019s assumption of power for the fourth time, until his death took place during the reign of Caliph Al Qaher (320 \u2013 322 AH) (932 \u2013 943 AD) who assumed the power after his brother [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":19638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68398,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64608\/revisions\/68398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}