al-Mu'tamid

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Al-Mu'tamid was an Abbasid caliph of the 9th century whose reign marked a period of political fragmentation and the growing power of military strongmen over the caliphal court.

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Label Occurrences
al-Mu'tamid canonical 1
al-Mu'tamid 'ala Allah 1
al-Muʿtamid 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abbasid caliph
Muslim ruler
historical figure
associatedWith Samarra period
surface form: Samarra period of the Abbasid Caliphate
birthDate c. 842
brother al-Mu'tazz
al-Muhtadi
burialPlace Samarra
caliphate Abbasid Caliphate
capital Samarra
child Ja'far (al-Mufawwid)
co-ruler al-Muwaffaq
courtLanguage Arabic
deathDate 892
delegatedAuthorityTo al-Muwaffaq
dynasty Abbasid Caliphate
surface form: Abbasid dynasty
era 9th century
facedAutonomousGovernor Ahmad ibn Tulun
facedRebellionFrom Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar
father al-Mutawakkil
governanceCharacterizedBy dominance of military elites
weak central authority
historicalPeriod Islamic Golden Age
house House of Abbas
laterSeatOfPower Baghdad
limitedControlOver central government
motherTongue Arabic
notableFor dominance of his brother al-Muwaffaq in government
political fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate
rise of military strongmen over the caliphal court
personalName Ahmad ibn Ja'far
politicalContext decentralization of Abbasid authority
increasing power of Turkish military commanders
positionHeld Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
predecessor al-Muhtadi
regionRuled Iraq
parts of the central Islamic lands
regnalName al-Mu'tamid self-linksurface differs
surface form: al-Mu'tamid 'ala Allah
reignEnd 892
reignStart 870
religion Islam
sovereignOf Abbasid Caliphate
surface form: Abbasid Caliphate in Iraq
spouse Qabiha
successor al-Mu'tadid
territorialLossesTo Saffarid dynasty
Tulunid dynasty
title Commander of the Faithful

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Samarra period hasCaliph al-Mu'tamid
al-Mu'tamid regnalName al-Mu'tamid self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: al-Mu'tamid 'ala Allah
al-Muhtadi successor al-Mu'tamid
this entity surface form: al-Muʿtamid