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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

3rd Abbasid caliph (r. 775–785)Wikidata record description. Read Al-Mahdi in the Wikipedia reader.

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Offices held 1

  1. 6 October 775 CE – 24 July 785 CE Abbasid caliph Number 3 in the sequence Succeeded Al-Mansur

Family tree

The family as a list · 18

Family 9

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