 He is also said to have made another Pilgrimage, though the date of this is uncertain.Upon the deposition of the caliph al-Ta'i in 991 by the Buyid Baha' al-Dawla, he recognized the new caliph al-Qadir.This represented a break between him and the Samanids, who with their vassals the Ghaznavids continued to recognize al-Tai as caliph.