Ruler · 740 – 820

Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Rahman

Lived 740 – 820; religious leader, ruler. Imam of Rustamid dynasty, 788 – 824.

Wikidata's English label: ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥman.

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Lived: 740 – 820; 80 years
In office: 36 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Rustamid dynasty
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Imam

Rustamid dynasty · the 2nd of 7 dated reigns · 776 – 906

Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam776 – 788

Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Rahman788 – 824

Aflah ibn Abd al-Wahhab823 – 872

Abu Bakr ibn Aflah872 – 874

Yusuf Abu Hatim ibn Muhammad894 – 897

2 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 788 – 824 · 36 years · came to it aged 48

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 824, after the death recorded in 820

He became ruler after the death of his father, Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam and founded an external Islamic religious movement called Wahhabism relative to his name Abd al-Wahhab.

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