Malik ibn Tawk
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Malik ibn Tawk ibn Malik ibn 'Attab at-Taghlibi was an Arab Abbasid official during the reigns of caliphs al-Wathiq and al-Mutawakkil. He is best known as the founder of the fortress town of al-Rahba
The ruins of the al-Rahba fortress, the fortress is located in Syria, it was founded by Abbasid Governor Malik ibn Tawk
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).