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Al-Wathiq

Type Figure Region Iraq Time c. 816–847 Also known as Ninth Abbasid caliph

Al-Wathiq, ninth Abbasid caliph (r. 842–847), son of al-Mu'tasim, born in Samarra;…

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  1. c. 816–842Samarra · Saladin GovernorateAl-Wathiq was born in the new capital of Samarra and grew up in the environment of the Turkish guard and court established by his father al-Mu'tasim, and was designated as heir.
  2. 842–847Samarra · Saladin GovernorateAfter al-Mu'tasim's death, al-Wathiq acceded in Samarra, continuing the administrative line of relying on Turkish generals and vizier Ibn abi Duwad, handling frontier warfare and internal affairs, and died of illness in 847.

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