Al-Mu'tasim (Mutasım)
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Baghdad |
| Iraq | |
| Died | Samarra |
| Iraq | |
| Full name | Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd |
| Reign | 9 August 833 – 5 January 842 |
| Children | Al-Mutawakkil |
| Al-Wathiq | |
| Al-Musta'in | |
| Parents | Harun al-Rashid |
| Marida | |
| Job | Politician |
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| ID | 2216599 |
Al-Mu'tasim (Mutasım) Life story
Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd, better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtaṣim biʾllāh, was the eighth Abbasid caliph, ruling from 833 until his death in 842. A younger son of Caliph Harun al-Rashid, he rose to prominence through his formation of a private army composed predominantly of Turkish slave-soldiers.
