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Al-Muhtadi
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Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh (‎; – 21 June 870), better known by his regnal name al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh (Arabic: , "Guided by God"), was the Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from July 869 to June 870, during the "Anarchy at Samarra".
Key facts
- Royalty.caption
- Dirham of al-Muhtadi, minted in Wasit in 869
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- 14th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.reign
- 21/22 July 869 — 21 June 870
- Royalty.predecessor1
- al-Mu'tazz
- Royalty.successor1
- al-Mu'tamid
- Royalty.issue
- Abu Bakr
- Royalty.full name
- Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh
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- Abbasid
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- Dynasty
- Royalty.father
- al-Wathiq
- Royalty.mother
- Qurb
- Royalty.birth_place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.death_date
- 21 June 870 (aged )
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- Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate
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- Samarra
- Royalty.religion
- Sunni Islam
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- caliph
- Royalty.name
- al-Muhtadiالمهتدي
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Samarra
- Place of death
- Samarra
- Father
- Al-Wathiq
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Abbasids
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- date of death
- 0870-06-19
- date of birth
- 0825-00-00
- name in native language
- أبو إسحاق محمد المهتدي بالله بن الواثق
- ethnic group
- Arabs
- time period
- Anarchy at Samarra
- Commons category
- Al-Muhtadi
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Background
- Accession
- Caliphate
- Downfall and death
- References
- Sources
Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh (‎; – 21 June 870), better known by his regnal name al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh (Arabic: , "Guided by God"), was the Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from July 869 to June 870, during the "Anarchy at Samarra".
==Early life== thumb|right|300px|Family tree of the Abbasid caliphs of the ninth century Al-Muhtadi was the son of Abbasid caliph al-Wathiq. He was born in 833. Al-Muhtadi's mother was Qurb, a Roman slave. After the death of his father, Caliph al-Wathiq () in August 847, there were some officials who wanted to elect the young al-Muhtadi as caliph, but in the end, their choice fell on his uncle, al-Mutawakkil ().
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Muhtadi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.