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Al-Mahdi
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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Manṣūr (; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī (, "He who is guided by God"), was the third Abbasid Caliph who reigned from 775 to his death in 785. He succeeded his father, al-Mansur.
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Al-Mahdi, born Muhammad on August 3, 0744, in Humeima, was a male politician, poet, and caliph belonging to the Abbasid family. He practiced Islam and spoke Arabic. His father was Al-Mansur, and his mother was Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari. He had siblings including Ja'far ibn Abdallah al-Mansur and Sulayman ibn Abi Ja'far.
He was married to Al-Khayzuran and Rayta bint al-Saffah. His children included Al-Hadi, Harun al-Rashid, Ulaia binte Almadi, and Abbasa. Al-Mahdi died on July 24, 0785, in Izeh.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 23
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- 1
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- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
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- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
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- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
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- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
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- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,992x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,215x
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- al-Mahdi ٱلْـمَـهْـدِي
- Royalty.title
- Khalifah Amir al-Mu'minin
- Royalty.image
- 300px
- Royalty.caption
- Gold Dinar of al-Mahdi
- Royalty.succession
- 3rd Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.reign
- 6 October 775 – 24 July 785
- Royalty.birth_date
- 744 or 745
- Royalty.birth_place
- Humeima, Bilad al-Sham(modern-day Jordan)
- Royalty.death_date
- 24 July 785 (aged 40–41)
- Royalty.spouse type
- Consorts
- Royalty.full name
- Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī
- Royalty.house
- Abbasid
- Royalty.house type
- Dynasty
- Royalty.father
- al-Mansur
- Royalty.mother
- Umm Musa Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari
- Royalty.type
- caliph
- Royalty.predecessor1
- al-Mansur
- Royalty.successor1
- al-Hadi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Humeima
- Place of death
- Izeh
- Spouse
- Al-Khayzuran
- Father
- Al-Mansur
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Abbasids
- Image
- Abbasid Dinar - Al Mahdi - 167 AH (783 AD).jpg
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- date of death
- 0785-07-24
- date of birth
- 0744-08-03
- name in native language
- أبو عبد الله محمد المهدي
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- Al-Mahdi
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Reign
- Family
- Wars with Byzantium
- Caliph's Invasion of Byzantine in 782
- Assessment and legacy
- Cultural and administrative aspects of his reign
- Coinage of al-Mahdi
- Succession
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Manṣūr (; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī (, "He who is guided by God"), was the third Abbasid Caliph who reigned from 775 to his death in 785. He succeeded his father, al-Mansur.
==Early life== Al-Mahdi was born in 744 or 745 AD in the village of Humeima (modern-day Jordan). His mother was called Arwa, and his father was al-Mansur. When al-Mahdi was ten years old, his father became the second Abbasid Caliph. When al-Mahdi was young, his father needed to establish al-Mahdi as a powerful figure in his own right. So, on the east bank of the Tigris, al-Mansur oversaw the construction of East Baghdad, with a mosque and royal palace at its heart. Construction in the area was also heavily financed by the Barmakids, and the area became known as Rusafa.
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