Aḍud al-Dīn Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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ʿAḍud al-Dīn Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh (514-73/1120-78), of the family of Ibn al-Muslima, figured prominently in the struggle over authority at the end of the ʿAbbāsid caliphate of Baghdad. He was major-domo (ustādhdār) to al-Mustanjid I (r. 555-66/1160-70) until he had the latter assassinated, after which ʿAḍud al-Dīn was appointed wazīr by caliph al-Mustaḍīʾ (r. 566-75/1170-80). It was primarily through him that al-Mustaḍīʾ attempted to increase his effective and just rule, opposing men of power,