Mu'nis al-Khadim (d. 933/934) was the commander of the Abbasid

Abbasid

The Abbasid Caliphate or, more simply, the Abbasids , was the third of the Islamic caliphates. It was ruled by the Abbasid dynasty of caliphs, who built their capital in Baghdad after overthrowing the Umayyad caliphate from all but the al-Andalus region....

 army during the reign of al-Muqtadir

Al-Muqtadir

Al-Muqtadir was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 908 AD to 932 AD .After the previous Caliph, al-Muktafi, was confined for several months to his sick-bed, intrigue was made for some time as to his successor...

. His many successes on the field helped to check the decline of the Caliphate during his lifetime. The utter incompetence of the caliph, however, eventually caused Mu'nis to turn against him, an act that ultimately resulted in his death.

Mu'nis rose to prominence under al-Muwaffaq, the brother of al-Mu'tamid

Al-Mu'tamid

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. During the reign of al-Muqtadir he stopped a coup in 909. He led an army into Fars in 910, which resulted in the capture of the Saffarid amir Laith

Laith

Al-Laith was amir of the Saffarid amirate from 909 until 910. He was the son of 'Ali ibn al-Laith.In 890 al-Laith and his brother al-Mu'addal helped their father 'Ali escape from imprisonment at the hands of the latter's uncle, the Saffarid amir Amr bin Laith...

 and ultimately the reincorporation of Fars into the caliphate. He saved Egypt

Egypt

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 from a Fatimid

Fatimid

The Fatimid Islamic Caliphate or al-Fāṭimiyyūn was a Berber Shia Muslim caliphate first centered in Tunisia and later in Egypt that ruled over varying areas of the Maghreb, Sudan, Sicily, the Levant, and Hijaz from 5 January 909 to 1171.The caliphate was ruled by the Fatimids, who established the...

 invasion in 915, for which he earned the laqab of al-Muzaffar. In 918 and 919 Mu'nis was in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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. He eventually defeated and imprisoned its rebellious amir, the Sajid Yusuf Ibn Abi'l-Saj

Yusuf Ibn Abi'l-Saj

Yusuf ibn Abi'l Saj was the Sajid amir of Azerbaijan from 901 until his death. He was the son of Abi'l-Saj Devdad.-War with Armenians and Georgians:...

, although Azerbaijan was not restored to direct caliphal rule. In 920 he defeated a second Fatimid army sent to take Egypt.

Relations between Mu'nis and al-Muqtadir were not always friendly; at one point al-Muqtadir even plotted to assassinate his general. In 932 Mu'nis, fed up with the mismanagement of al-Muqtadir, marched on Baghdad

Baghdad

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. Al-Muqtadir met his forces but was defeated and killed. His replacement, al-Qahir

Al-Qahir

Al-Qahir bi'llah Abu Mansour Muhammad Al Qahir Bellah was the 19th Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 932 to 934. He was born 286 Hijri and 899 C.E...

, unfortunately proved to be just as bad as his predecessor. He imprisoned Mu'nis and ultimately had him killed.