al-Muhtadi

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Abu Ishaq Muhammad al-Muhtadi bi-'llah ibn al-Wathiq ( Arabic أبو إسحاق محمد المهتدي بالله بن الواثق, DMG Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad al-Muhtadī bi-'llāh b. al-Wāṯiq ; † June 21 870 ) was the fourteenth caliph of the Abbasid (869-870).

Al-Muhtadi was considered a pious man and was enthroned as caliph by the murderers of al-Muʿtazz (866–869). Contrary to expectations, he did not pretend to be a puppet for the Turkish guards, but tried to exploit the rivalries between their officers. But since he had no house power in Samarra , he was murdered on June 21, 870. The last impulse was probably that he surrounded himself with non-Turkish military personnel, including the Maghāriba and Farāghina, who were quickly eliminated by Turkish troops. Unprotected, the caliph fled to the streets of Samarra, where he was arrested and immediately executed. Under his successor al-Mu'tamid (870–892), the Abbasids succeeded in stabilizing their rule again.

literature

  • Ronald Paul Buckley: Art. Al-Muhtadi, Muhammad b. al-Wathiq, Abu Ishaq (AD 869-70) . In: Ian Richard Netton (Ed.): Encyclopaedia of Islamic Civilization and Religion . Routledge, London / New York 2008, p. 444.
  • Matthew Gordon: The Breaking of a Thousand Swords: A History of the Turkish Military of Samarra (AH 200-275 / 815-889 CE) . State University of New York Press, Albany 2001. ISBN 0-7914-4795-2 .
  • Hugh N. Kennedy : The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates. The Islamic Near East from the sixth to the eleventh century . Pearson, 2nd edition, Harlow et al. 2004 (original 1986). ISBN 978-1-13878760-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthew Gordon: The Breaking of a Thousand Swords: A History of the Turkish Military of Samarra (AH 200-275 / 815-889 CE) , Albany 2001, p. 104.
predecessor Office successor
al-Muʿtazz Caliph of the Abbasid
869-870 		al-Mu'tamid
personal data
SURNAME Muhtadi, al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abu Ishaq Muhammad al-Muhtadi bi-'llah ibn al-Wathiq
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbasid Caliph (869–870)
DATE OF BIRTH 9th century
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 870