- At-Ta'i
Al-Ta'i (932 - 1003) ( _ar. الطائع بالله) was the
Abbasid Caliph inBaghdad from 974 to 991. Very little is known about his personal and official life. During his Caliphate,Syria was torn by contending factions —Fatimid , Turkish, andCarmathian ; while theBuwayhid dynasyty was split up into parties that were fighting among themselves. To top this all off, the Byzantine Emperor John Tzimisces stormed the east in a victorious campaign in 975. After holding the office for seventeen years, al-Ta'i was deposed and cast into captivity by a Buwayhid ruler who craved al-Ta'i's property.More information on Ta'i can be found in
Hilal al-Sabi 's account of the Abbasid court, specifically the interaction between Ta'i and his Buwayhid generalissimo'Adud al-Daula .
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