Ruler · 834 – 866

Al-Musta'in

Lived 834 – 866; politician. Abbasid caliph of Abbasid Caliphate, 862 – 865.

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Lived: 834 – 866; 32 years
In office: 3 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Abbasid Caliphate
Left it: executed; Wikidata's manner of death

Abbasid caliph

Abbasid Caliphate · the 12th of 43 dated reigns · 750 – 1302

8 before

Al-Wathiq842 – 847

Al-Mutawakkil847 – 861

Al-Musta'in862 – 865

28 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 862 – 865 · 3 years · came to it aged 28

Left it: executedWikidata's manner of death: capital punishment; decapitation

He was put to death on 17 October 866 by the order of al-Mu'tazz.

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