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Al-Muntasir

837 - 862

Al-Muntasir

Abu Ja'far Muḥammad ibn Ja'far ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muntasir biʾLlāh (Arabic: أبو جعفر محمد; November 837 – 7 June 862), better known by his regnal title al-Muntasir biʾLlāh (المنتصر بالله, "He who triumphs in God") was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 861 to 862, during the "Anarchy at Samarra". The power struggle between al-Muntasir and his brother, al-Mu'tazz, backed by different factions, climaxed with the Turkic leaders plotting the murder of his father al-Mutawakkil. Following the assassination in 861, al-Muntasir assumed the caliphate with Turkic support. His reign, lasting only six months, saw a shift in policies, including a more favorable stance towards the House of ʻAlī and the lifting of the ban on pilgrimage to the tombs of Hassan and Hussayn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Muntasir is the 3,886th most popular politician (down from 3,004th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Al-Muntasir was the caliph of the Fatimid dynasty in Egypt. He is most famous for his military conquests and his attempt to take back Syria from the Abbasids.

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Among politicians, Al-Muntasir ranks 3,886 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, Lionel Jospin, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, Andrea Gritti, Zhang Zuolin, and Rudolf II, Duke of Austria. After him are Salome Alexandra, Peter I of Bulgaria, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Jose P. Laurel, and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson.

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Rank: 3,888
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Among people born in 837, Al-Muntasir ranks 2. Before him is Æthelred I, King of Wessex. Among people deceased in 862, Al-Muntasir ranks 2. Before him is Domnall mac Ailpín. After him is Lupus Servatus.