Muhammad ibn Ra'iq, Abbasid emir and regent

Muhammad ibn Ra'iq

10th-century Abbasid senior official

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ra'iq, usually simply known as Ibn Ra'iq, was a senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate, who exploited the caliphal government's weakness to become the first amir al-umara of the Caliphate in 936. Deposed by rival Turkish military leaders in 938, he…