al-Muhtadi
| al-Muhtadi المهتدي | |||||
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| Khalifah Amir al-Mu'minin | |||||
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| 14th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate | |||||
| Reign | 255 - 256 AH ( 11 months, 21 days ) 21/22 July 869 – 21 June 870 CE | ||||
| Predecessor | al-Mu'tazz | ||||
| Successor | al-Mu'tamid | ||||
| Born | 218 AH
c. 833 CE Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
| Died | 256 AH
21 June 870 CE (aged c. 37) Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
| Burial | Samarra | ||||
| Issue | Abu Bakr | ||||
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| Dynasty | Abbasid | ||||
| Father | al-Wathiq | ||||
| Mother | Qurb | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh (Arabic: أبو إسحاق محمد بن هارون الواثق; 218-256 AH | 833-870 CE), better known by his regnal name al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh (Arabic: المهتدي بالله, "Guided by God"), was the Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from July 869 to June 870, during the "Anarchy at Samarra".