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Al-Muwaffaq

 * ... that al-Muwaffaq was the effective ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate for twenty-one years, sidelining his brother, the Caliph al-Mu'tamid?
 * Reviewed: Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf

Created/expanded by Cplakidas (talk). Self nom at 15:05, 3 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg x5 expansion. We don't say what al-Muwaffaq stands for, except that it is "quasi-caliphal". What does it mean? I am presuming that the hook sentence is the second one in the Regent section. It doesn't have a reference and needs one. Apart from that this is good. Secretlondon (talk) 16:03, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello! I've duplicated the citation for the hook sentence. As to the "quasi-caliphal", well, caliphs assumed a honorific regnal name which emphasized a particular attribute along with their personal name, for instance Harun "al-Rashid" ("the Just"). Al-Muwaffaq's personal name was Talha, but he was commonly called by his teknonymic "Abu Ahmad", and as a symbol of his authority he then adopted a regnal name as if he were a caliph. I've rephrased this to be (hopefully) clearer. Constantine  ✍  09:15, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg AGF on offline refs. Secretlondon (talk) 22:05, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg AGF on offline refs. Secretlondon (talk) 22:05, 19 November 2012 (UTC)