Al-Mu'tazz
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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muʿtazz bi-ʾLlāh, better known by his regnal title al-Muʿtazz bi-ʾLlāh was the Abbasid caliph from 866 to 869, during a period of extreme i
Gold dinar of al-Mu'tazz, minted at Samarkand in AH 253 (867 CE)
al-Mu'tazz Sends Gifts to Abdallah ibn Abdallah, from the Tarikh-i Alfi manuscript, c. 1592–1594
Al-Mutawakkil
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Ja'far ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh; March 822 – 11 December 861, commonly known by his regnal name al-Mutawwakil ala Allah, was the tenth Abbasid caliph from 847 until his assassin
Al-Mu'tazz
…Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muʿtazz bi-ʾLlāh (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن جعفر; 847 – 16 July 869), better known by his regnal title al-Muʿtazz bi-ʾLlāh…
Gold Dinar of Caliph al-Mutawakkil (847 – 861)
Destruction of the Tomb of Husain at Kerbela
Abu Dulaf Mosque is a famous mosque commissioned by the caliph in 859. The mosque is rectangular in shape, and consists of an open-air courtyard surrounded by corridors, with the qibla corridor being the largest. The mosque is among the largest mosques in the world measured by area, reaching 46,800 square metres (504,000 sq ft).
Built by al-Mutawakkil, the spiral minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra (Iraq) was the largest mosque in the world during the 9th and 10th centuries, its spiral minaret is 52m.