A Dictionary of Islam / Being a cyclopedia of the doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs, together with the technical and theological terms, of the Muhammadan religion.

by Thomas Patrick Hughes

15. Al-Muʿtamid, A.H. 256 (A.D. 870).

(Re-establishes the capital at Bag͟hdād.)

16. Muʿtaẓid, A.H. 279 (A.D. 892).

(Conquers Persia; Ismail Samain seizes Turkistan from the K͟halīfah.)

17. Al-Muktafī I., A.H. 289 (A.D. 902).

(Ismail Samain seizes Persia from the K͟halīfah.)

18. Al-Muqtadir, A.H. 295 (A.D. 908).

(The Fāt̤imites in Egypt.)

19. Al-Qāhir, A.H. 320 (A.D. 932).

(Blinded and deposed.)