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.

All labels observed (3)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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