al-Mu'tasim

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Abbasid caliph Muslim ruler historical figure

Al-Mu'tasim was an Abbasid caliph (r. 833–842 CE) known for founding the city of Samarra and expanding the use of Turkish slave soldiers in the caliphal army.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
al-Mu'tasim canonical	11
al-Muʿtasim	5
Caliph al-Mu'tasim	4
Al-Mu'tasim	1
al-Mu'tasim bi-llah	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Abbasid caliph ⓘ Muslim ruler ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
birthPlace	Baghdad ⓘ
burialPlace	Samarra ⓘ
caliphate	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
capitalDuringReign	Samarra ⓘ
deathPlace	Samarra ⓘ
dynasty	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Abbasid
enemy	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
era	9th century ⓘ
expandedUseOf	Turkish slave soldiers in the Abbasid army ⓘ military slaves ⓘ
father	Harun al-Rashid ⓘ
founded	Samarra ⓘ Samarra garrison city ⓘ
governmentType	Caliphate ⓘ
house	House of Abbas ⓘ
knownFor	founding Samarra as a new capital ⓘ institutionalizing Turkish slave soldiers ⓘ military campaigns against Byzantium ⓘ shifting political power toward military slaves ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
mother	Marida ⓘ
name	Harun al-Rashid ⓘ surface form: Abu Ishaq Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid
notableBattle	Battle of Anzen ⓘ
notableCampaign	campaign against the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
office	Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
orderedSackOf	Hierapolis ⓘ surface form: Amorium
predecessor	al-Ma'mun ⓘ
reasonForFoundingSamarra	to house Turkish and other slave soldiers ⓘ
regionRuled	Iraq ⓘ parts of the Middle East ⓘ
regnalName	al-Mu'tasim self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: al-Mu'tasim bi-llah
reignEnd	842 ⓘ
reignStart	833 ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
sibling	al-Amin ⓘ al-Ma'mun ⓘ
successor	al-Wathiq ⓘ
territorialCapitalMovedFrom	Baghdad ⓘ
territorialCapitalMovedTo	Samarra ⓘ
title	Caliph ⓘ Caliph ⓘ surface form: Commander of the Faithful
usedMilitaryForces	Turkish slave soldiers ⓘ ghilman ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Abbasid Caliphate → ruler → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

Mihna (inquisition) → continuedBy → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

subject surface form: Mihna

this entity surface form: al-Muʿtasim

Samarra period → hasCaliph → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

al-Ma'mun → successor → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

al-Ma'mun → sibling → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

al-Mu'tasim → regnalName → al-Mu'tasim self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Mu'tasim bi-llah

Samarra → foundedBy → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caliph al-Mu'tasim

Muhammad al-Jawad → contemporaneousWith → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caliph al-Mu'tasim

al-Musta'in → grandfather → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

House of Abbas → notableRuler → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Mu'tasim

Battle of Anzen → servedCaliph → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

Battle of Anzen → AbbasidCaliphDuringBattle → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

al-Wathiq → father → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Muʿtasim

al-Wathiq → predecessor → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Muʿtasim

Mihna → continuedBy → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

al-Muhtadi → grandfather → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Muʿtasim

Marida → motherOf → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

Marida → child → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

Marida → relativeOf → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

al-Mutawakkil → father → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

subject surface form: Al-Mutawakkil

this entity surface form: al-Muʿtasim

Tahirid dynasty → overlord → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caliph al-Mu'tasim

Theophilus (emperor) → opponent → al-Mu'tasim ⓘ

subject surface form: Theophilus

this entity surface form: Caliph al-Mu'tasim