Al-Mahdi
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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- 0744-08-03
- Died
- 0785-07-24
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- 23
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- Bāb al-baḥr
- Samāʾ khafīfah
- فقاعات حبرية
- Lā Aḥad al-yawm wa-lā Sabt
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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.