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Al-Mahdi
أبو عبد الله المهدي ar ابوعبدالله محمد مهدی fa
3rd Abbasid caliph (r. 775–785)
- Child of Al-Mansur and Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari
- Married to Rayta bint al-Saffah
- Dated 3 August 744 CE – 24 July 785 CE
Overview
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 1
Family tree
The family as a list · 18
Family 9
- child of (child) Al-Mansur second Abbasid Caliph (714-775)
- child of (mother) Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari wife of caliph al-Mansur
- of the house Abbasids Muslim Hijaz dynasty
- sibling of Aliyah bint al-Mansur abbasid princess and sister of al-Mahdi
- sibling of Ja'far al-Ashgar
- sibling of Ja'far ibn Abdallah al-Mansur son of Abbasid caliph al-Mansur
- sibling of Salih al-Miskin Prince of the Abbasid Dynasty
- sibling of Sulayman ibn Abi Ja'far Abbasid prince and political leader (766/7 – 813/5)
- married to Rayta bint al-Saffah 8th-century Arab princess and First wife of Abbasid caliph Al-Mahdi
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