190:, dismissed Abdallah from his governorship of Dinawar, which enraged the Hamdanid and caused him to come with his troops to Baghdad, to avenge himself on Harun. This grievance led him to ally with the police chief of Baghdad, Nazuk, and together they began to turn Mu'nis against Harun and the caliph. Al-Muqtadir readily gave into Mu'nis' demands to banish Harun, but the conspirators, driven by Nazuk, now determined to depose the caliph outright. On the morning of 27 February 929, they invaded the palace and deposed al-Muqtadir in favour of his half-brother,
194:. For his role, Abdallah secured an extensive governorship, but within a few days, opposition to the new regime arose, and al-Qahir and his supporters were besieged in the caliphal palace. Abdallah was killed there, defending al-Qahir, whom he had sworn to protect (and who would actually reign as caliph in 932–934). His qualities as an honest and generous man and a brave warrior were universally admired, so that even the restored caliph, al-Muqtadir, issued a pardon for him in hopes that he might be taken alive, and then mourned his death.
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113:, and was reinstated as governor in the next year. The reason for his initial dismissal is unknown. In 914–915, his brother Husayn rose in revolt, was defeated by Mu'nis, captured and brought to Baghdad, where he was executed in 918. As a result, Abdallah tool fell under suspicion, and was briefly imprisoned, along with his brother Ibrahim.
180:, threatening Baghdad itself, and Abdallah, with his surviving brothers, joined the Abbasid army sent against them. The sources credit Abdallah with playing a major role in the repulse of the Qarmatian attack; especially with the idea of destroying the bridge over the Nahr Zubara, thus preventing the Qarmatians from advancing onto Baghdad.
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As a prominent member of the
Abbasid court, Abdallah was mostly absent from Mosul, instead entrusting the region to his son al-Hasan as his deputy. During these years, the Hamdanids were allied with Mu'nis; on one occasion, Abdallah and his brothers promised to fight for him "until his beard grew"
210:, and founded a quasi-independent emirate there. Like his father, he involved himself in the court intrigues of Baghdad, and even managed to take control of the city, and of the Abbasid caliph, in 942, but without lasting success. His descendants ruled Mosul until replaced by the
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negotiated a pardon for Husayn, who was readmitted to
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