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Al-Mu'tasim

796 - 842

Al-Mu'tasim

Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd (Arabic: أبو إسحاق محمد بن هارون الرشيد; October 796 – 5 January 842), better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtaṣim biʾllāh (المعتصم بالله, lit. 'He who seeks refuge in God'), was the eighth Abbasid caliph, ruling from 833 until his death in 842. When al-Ma'mun died unexpectedly on campaign in August 833, al-Mu'tasim was thus well placed to succeed him, with the support of the powerful chief qādī, Ahmad ibn Abi Duwad, he continued to implement the rationalist Islamic doctrine of Mu'tazilism and implementing miḥna policy. A younger son of Caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809), he rose to prominence through his formation of a private army composed predominantly of Turkic slave-soldiers (ghilmān, sing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Mu'tasim is the 1,633rd most popular politician (down from 1,171st in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 34th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Al-mu'tasim was the second Abbasid caliph, and is most famous for his military campaigns against the Byzantine Empire.

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Among politicians, Al-Mu'tasim ranks 1,633 out of 19,576. Before him are Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Xianfeng Emperor, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Magnus I of Sweden, and Berenice I of Egypt. After him are Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, Moshe Sharett, Jacques Necker, Bogd Khan, Seljuk, and William II of England.

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Among people born in 796, Al-Mu'tasim ranks 1. After him are Dhul-Nun al-Misri, Lü Dongbin, and Lambert I of Nantes. Among people deceased in 842, Al-Mu'tasim ranks 2. Before him is Theophilos. After him are Alfonso II of Asturias, Emperor Saga, Langdarma, and Liu Yuxi.