Al-Qadir

Al-Qadir (947 – 29 November 1031) (Arabic: القادر‎) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 991 to 1031. Grandson of al-Muqtadir, he was chosen in place of the deposed Caliph, at-Taʾi, his cousin. Banished from the Capital earlier, he was now recalled and appointed to the office he had long desired. He held the Caliphate for 40 years. It was during his Caliphate that Mahmud of Ghazni arose, threatening the empire; and but for the conflicts that broke out in Mahmud's family upon his death, the Buwayhid kingdom, paralysed by damaging war, would have been swallowed. The global Muslim population had climbed to about 4 per cent as against the Christian population of 10 per cent by 1000.

Al-Qadir is noted for taking the lead in the Sunni struggle against Shiʿism. He helped Sunnis set up their own festivals to rival Shiʿas celebrations and made Hanbali the official Muslim position. Mohammad Arkoun considers his decrees against heresies such as the createdness of the Qurʾan, which effectively outlawed the Muʿtazila school, as sounding the death knell for philosophy in Islamic thought. Ibn Rushd (Averoes), who died in 1198, is considered by Arkoun to be the last significant Muslim philosopher before modern times.

Al-Qadir died at eighty-seven years of age in Baghdad, and was succeeded by his son.

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This text is adapted from William Muir's public domain, The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall.

Sunni Islam titles
Al-Qadir Abbasid Born: 947 Died: 1031
Preceded by At-Ta'i	Caliph of Islam 991–1031	Succeeded by Al-Qa'im

v t e Abbasid Caliphs

Caliphs of Baghdad (749–1258)	as-Saffah al-Mansur al-Mahdi al-Hadi Harun al-Rashid al-Amin al-Ma'mun Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi^[B] al-Mu'tasim al-Wathiq al-Mutawakkil al-Muntasir al-Musta'in al-Mu'tazz al-Muhtadi al-Mu'tamid al-Mu'tadid al-Muktafi al-Muqtadir Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz^[B] al-Muqtadir al-Qahir al-Muqtadir al-Qahir ar-Radi al-Muttaqi al-Mustakfi al-Muti at-Ta'i al-Qadir al-Qa'im al-Muqtadi al-Mustazhir al-Mustarshid al-Rashid al-Muqtafi al-Mustanjid al-Mustadi al-Nasir az-Zahir al-Mustansir al-Musta'sim (Mongol conquest)

Caliphs of Cairo (1261–1517)	al-Mustansir al-Hakim I al-Mustakfi I al-Wathiq I al-Hakim II al-Mu'tadid I al-Mutawakkil I al-Musta'sim al-Mutawakkil I al-Wathiq II al-Musta'sim al-Mutawakkil I al-Musta'in al-Mu'tadid II al-Mustakfi II al-Qa'im al-Mustanjid al-Mutawakkil II al-Mustamsik al-Mutawakkil III al-Mustamsik al-Mutawakkil III (Ottoman conquest)

^[B] indicates ephemeral caliphs recognized in the city of Baghdad only

Persondata
Name	Al-Qadir
Alternative names
Short description	Abbasid caliph
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1031
Place of death	Baghdad

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