Al-Mutazz

Abû `Abd Allah “Al-Driven `tazz Bi-stable-lad” Muhammad Ben Ja `far Al-Mutawakkil called Al-Driven `tazz is the second wire of Ja `far Al-Mutawakkil born with Samarra in 847 of a mother called Greek slave Qabîha. It succeeded his cousin Al-Musta `in like Caliph Abbasside in 866 after having made it abdicate and carry out.

He was assassinated in his bath in 869. His/her cousin Al-Muhtadi succeeded to him.

Biography

With died of his/her parricidal brother Al-Muntasir, the viziers Turkish become the true Masters of the empire, had preferred to him his/her cousin Al-Musta `in. It is during a revolt in Baghdad that the Turks went to seek Al-Driven `tazz to put it on the throne (866).

In Samarra each party jalousait the other. The Turks, most opposed those of the West: Berber and Moors while the Arabs and the Persan ones hated them in block. Al-driven `tazz was thus surrounded only of people ready to plot the ones against the others and him, poor excuse for the floods of blood which it will pour.

Al-Musta `murder in

Al-Musta `in had been deposited and was supposed to find refuge with Médine. Instead of that it was retained with Wâsit. It was taken along by Ahmad Ibn Tulun in a murderer who undertook to assassinate it in company of his wife. Al-driven `tazz gave 500 gold coins like rewards with the murderer.

Murder of his/her brother

After having made carry out Al-Musta `in, it made kill his brother appearing like next heir to the throne. It made imprison Abu Ahmed, one of her other brothers, who had supported it with bravery during the last combat at his side. Al-Musta `in planned to kill it, but it is of natural death.

Bogha and Wasif, the two Turkish chiefs were striped civil lists instead of receiving thanks. Their lives were saved. They set out again with their families towards Samarra.

Riots in Baghdad and Samarra

Bogha returns to Baghdad in position of favorite of the caliph. The expenditure of the court exhausted the reserves and the soldiers received only one thin balance. In Baghdad, the guards were mutinés, claiming their had. The governor of Baghdad wrote with Al-Driven `tazz to obtain an advance. Instead of that, Al-Driven `tazz sent the Turkish troops while saying to him: “If you need the guards for yourself, pay them yourself. As-with the caliph it does not need any. ”

Nevertheless the revolt continued, the people refused that one pronounces the name of the caliph at the time of the prayer. Before this revolt is repressed the caliph had made burn one of the bridges and set fire to the souk to maintain the rebel remote (866).

The following year, the Turks, the Berber ones and the Persan ones are streets on the palate of the governor to treat to themselves. They did not find anything empty but cases.

Murder of Bogha and Wasif

Wasif had promised to the insurrectionists to intervene in their favor near the caliph. In way, it was taken by soldiers in revolt. It was cut in parts and its cranium flaring in a chimney.

Bogha tried to convince Al-Driven `tazz to leave Samarra and to settle in Baghdad. The courtiers made it clear that it was a trap. He was decapitated and his cranium exposed to Samarra then in Baghdad where the magrébins reduced it in ashes (867).

Installation of Tulunides in Egypt

Baykibal succeeded Bogha. It had the responsibility of control Egypt. Called at the court it indicated Ahmed Ibn Tulun to represent it.

The father of Ahmed Ibn Tulun had been taken as slave in Ferghana and had become a professional soldier with Samarra. Ahmed was educated in Samarra and its qualities pointed out it by Al-Musta' in. Baykibal by naming it as its representative in Egypt gave the opportunity to him to take its independence with regard to Baghdad and to found the dynasty Tulunide (868).

The foreign policy

The foreign policy of Al-Driven `tazz is as bad as its interior policy.

The Tâhirides, supposed to represent the caliph with the Khorasan, were on the decline. Ya' kub bin Layth have-Saffâr became a lord of war and took the control of the Sistan, a border region between the Afghanistan and the current Iran, then conquering most of current Iran by using this area as bases of an aggressive expansion towards the east and the ouest.aux one depend on Tâhirides.

End of the Al reign Driven `tazz

The wages of the army were not versed the cases of the state were again empty. Salih, the son of Wasif, seized the personal secretaries of Al-Driven `tazz and the ministers. It required the money diverted or hidden by them. Since there was no answer and an empty treasure, they were put out of irons. The caliph asked the insurrectionists to release his personal secretary, but they were deaf with its supplication. The accounts of the ministers were seized, but one could nothing withdraw some. Turning over to the caliph, they have that it owed 50000 gold coins. Aculeate, Mu `tazz called upon his/her mother, Qabîha. Its arts and its influence had enabled him to accumulate vast treasures, piled up in secret places. She refused to give her assistance.

Salih and Musa son of Bogha with the Baykibal assistance are led to organize the forfeiture of Al-Driven `tazz. Surrounded by a tumultuous crowd, they sat down in front of the doors of the Palate asking the caliph to leave there. The caliph made them enter without being wary. They entered, they beat the caliph with blows of sticks and kicks, trailing it outside. Then he was imprisoned three days without drinking nor to eat so that he died about it at the age of thirty-four years (869).

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