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, ruling from 847 until his
Gold Dinar of Caliph al-Mutawakkil (847 – 861)
Destruction of the Tomb of Husain at Kerbela
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.
Abu Dulaf Mosque is a famous mosque commissioned by al-Mutawakkil 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).
Al-Muntasir
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Abu Ja'far Muḥammad ibn Ja'far ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muntasir biʾLlāh, better known by his regnal title al-Muntasir biʾLlāh was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 861 to 862, during the "Ana
Dirham of al-Muntasir minted in Samarra in 862
The tomb of al-Muntasir near Samarra in Iraq; this is also the resting place of his grandfather al-Mu'tasim and his brother al-Mu'tazz