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Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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Abbasid caliph from 944 to 946
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1st Buyid emir of Iraq from 945 to 967
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Al-Muti'
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