al-Mahdi
3rd Abbasid caliph (r. 775–785) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Manṣūr (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله المنصور; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī (المهدي, "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.
For the Islamic eschatological figure, see Mahdi. For the 10th-century Fatimid ruler, see Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah. For the 11th-century Andalusian ruler, see Muhammad II of Córdoba. For other uses, see Mahdi (disambiguation).
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Khalifah Amir al-Mu'minin | |||||
3rd Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate | |||||
Reign | 6 October 775 – 24 July 785 | ||||
Predecessor | al-Mansur | ||||
Successor | al-Hadi | ||||
Born | 744 or 745 Humeima, Bilad al-Sham (modern-day Jordan) | ||||
Died | 24 July 785 (aged 40–41) | ||||
Burial | Masabadhan | ||||
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Dynasty | Abbasid | ||||
Father | al-Mansur | ||||
Mother | Umm Musa Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari | ||||
Religion | Islam |
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