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Al-Mutawakkil was born on 31 March 822 to the Abbasid prince Abu Ishaq Muhammad (the future al-Mu'tasim) and a slave concubine from Khwarazm named Shuja. [2] His early life is obscure, as he played no role in political affairs until the death of his older half-brother, al-Wathiq, in August 847.
Mar 28, 2024 · al-Mutawakkil (born March 822, Iraq—died December 861, Sāmarrāʾ, Iraq) was an ʿAbbāsid caliph who, as a young man, held no political or military positions of importance but took a keen interest in religious debates that had far-reaching political importance. When he succeeded al-Wāthiq as caliph in 847, al-Mutawakkil reverted to a ...
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Al-Mutawakkil ˤAlā Allāh Jaˤfar ibn al-Muˤtasi m (Arabic المتوكل على الله جعفر بن المعتصم; March 821 – December 861) was the tenth Abbasid caliph who reigned in Samarra from 847 until 861. He succeeded his brother al-Wāthiq and is known for putting an end to the Mihna "ordeal," the Inquisition -like attempt by ...
The city expanded under Muʿtasim’s successors. The caliph al-Mutawakkil constructed a new congregational mosque and a large palace complex, called Balkuwara, for his son al-Muʿtazz. He then founded an entirely new imperial city called Mutawakkiliyya immediately to the north of Samarra.
Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Harun ; March 822 – 11 December 861, commonly known by his regnal name al-Mutawwakil ala Allah, was the tenth Abbasid caliph, ruling from 847 until his assassination in 861. He succeeded his brother, al-Wathiq, and is known for expanding the empire to its maximum extent. He was deeply religious, and is remembered for discarding the Muʿtazila, ending the Mihna, and ...
al-Mustanjid. al-Musta'in. Father. al-Mu'tadid I. Religion. Sunni Islam. Al-Mutawakkil I ( Arabic: المتوكل على الله الأول ), (died 9 January 1406) was the seventh Abbasid caliph of Cairo for the Mamluk Sultanate between 1362 and 1383, and then 1389 and 1406.
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Al-Mutawakkil progressed from the Dār al-Khilāfa in central Samarra to the palace of the Bride (Qaṣr al-c Arūs), which lay 13 kilometres south, on the other side of the Tigris. 9 Ibrāhīm b. al-c Abbās al-Ṣūlī, a leading member of the new ruling elite as head of both the caliphal chancery and the bureau of expenditure (dīwān al ...
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