al-Muntasir

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Dirhem des al-Muntansir, minted in Samarra

Abu Dscha'far Muhammad al-Muntasir bi-'llah ( Arabic أبو جعفر محمد المنتصر بالله, DMG Abu Ǧa'far Muhammad Al-Muntasir bi-'llāh ) (* 837 , † June 25 862 ) was the eleventh Caliph of the Abbasid (861-862).

al-Muntasir came to power in 861 as the son of al-Mutawakkil (847-861) after he had his father overthrown and murdered by a conspiracy with Turkish officers. Al-Mutawakkil had chosen al-Muntasir, his eldest son, to succeed him in 849/850, but in 861 decided in favor of al-Muʿtazz, the second son, and humiliated al-Muntasir publicly and privately.

With this coup, violent power struggles began at the Caliph's court in Samarra . The Abbasid princes, who sought to take over the office of caliph, were themselves only pawns for the various groups within the Turkish military. al-Muntasir gave the Turkish military who had brought him to the throne more political influence; he won the benevolence of the ʿ Aliden family, whom he reinstated in their position among the Mutazilites . The success of these government measures can hardly be estimated, since al-Muntasir died after just six months, perhaps from natural causes, perhaps as a result of poisoning initiated by the Turkish military.

As heir to the throne, al-Mustain (862–866) was installed by the Turks.

literature

  • 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. ^ A b Hugh N. Kennedy: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates. The Islamic Near East from the sixth to the eleventh century , Harlow et al. 2004, p. 169.
  2. ^ 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. 89.
  3. ^ Hugh N. Kennedy: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates. The Islamic Near East from the sixth to the eleventh century , Harlow et al. 2004, p. 171.
  4. ^ 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. 90.
  5. ^ Tilman Nagel : The Abbasid Caliphate . In: Ulrich Haarmann (Ed.): History of the Arab World , CH Beck, 4th edition Munich 2001, pp. 101–199, here p. 133: “Also al-Muntaṣir, who initially benefited from the crime, died afterwards very short reign, according to some evidence not a natural death. But the quarrels among the foreign troops determined what happened, and the situation became more and more obscure. "
predecessor Office successor
al-Mutawakkil 'alā' llāh Abbasid Caliph
861–862 		al-Musta'in bi-llah
personal data
SURNAME al-Muntasir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abu Ja'far Muhammad al-Muntasir bi-'llah; أبو جعفر محمد المنتصر بالله (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION eleventh Abbasid caliph (861–862)
DATE OF BIRTH 837
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 862