Ruler · 825 – 870

Al-Muhtadi

Lived 825 – 870; politician. Abbasid caliph of Abbasid Caliphate, 869 – 870.

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Lived: 825 – 870; 45 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Abbasid Caliphate
Left it: exiled; the ruler's own article

Abbasid caliph

Abbasid Caliphate · the 14th of 43 dated reigns · 750 – 1302

10 before

Al-Muhtadi869 – 870

26 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied 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 869 – 870 · 1 year · came to it aged 44

Left it: exiledread from the ruler's own article

He was imprisoned and maltreated to such an extent that he died after three days, on 16 July 869.

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