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Al-Amin

Type Figure Region Iraq Time c. 787–813 Also known as Muhammad al-Amin、Sixth Abbasid caliph

Al-Amin (r. 809–813), sixth Abbasid caliph and son of Harun al-Rashid, lost the civil war to his brother al-Ma'mun and was executed in 813.

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  1. c. 787–809Baghdad · Baghdad ProvinceBorn to Harun al-Rashid and Queen Zubayda, al-Amin grew up in the Baghdad court and was designated by his father as heir to Iraq and Syria.
  2. 809–811Baghdad · Baghdad ProvinceAfter Harun's death al-Amin acceded in Baghdad and immediately demanded that al-Ma'mun surrender Khorasan and recognize his sole right of succession; the brothers' conflict intensified and civil war broke out.
  3. 811–813Baghdad · Baghdad ProvinceAl-Amin was besieged in Baghdad; after a long siege and street fighting the city fell, and in 813 he was captured and executed by al-Ma'mun's general Tahir, ending the civil war in total defeat for al-Amin's side.

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