Person
Al-Muqtafi
Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
Al-Muqtafi (1096 – 12 March 1160) (is the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1136 to 1160.
The continued disunion and contests between Seljuk Turks afford al-Muqtafi opportunity of not only maintaining his authority in Baghdad, but also extending it throughout Iraq.