Abu Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn al-Muʿtasim

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Abu Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn al-Muʿtasim, better known by his regnal name al-Wathiq, was an Abbasid caliph who ruled in the mid-9th century and continued the policies of his father al-Muʿtasim.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abbasid caliph ⓘ
historical person ⓘ
administrativeCenter Samarra palace city ⓘ
birthPlace Baghdad ⓘ
birthYear c. 809 ⓘ
burialPlace Samarra ⓘ
caliphalOrder ninth Abbasid caliph ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Samarra ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
child al-Muhtadi ⓘ
continuedPolicyOf al-Muʿtasim ⓘ
linked to: al-Mu'tasim
deathPlace Samarra ⓘ
deathYear 847 ⓘ
dynasty Abbasid ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
father al-Muʿtasim ⓘ
linked to: al-Mu'tasim
fullName Abu Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muhammad al-Muʿtasim ⓘ
governedRegion Iraq ⓘ
parts of Arabia ⓘ
parts of Iran ⓘ
parts of the Levant ⓘ
handledByzantineRelations conducted prisoner exchanges with Byzantines ⓘ
historicalPeriod mid-9th century ⓘ
house House of Abbas ⓘ
knownFor continuation of mihna (inquisition) ⓘ
patronage of scholars and poets ⓘ
support of Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
maintainedInstitution mihna (inquisition) courts ⓘ
linked to: Mihna (inquisition)
militaryPolicy relied on Turkish slave soldiers ⓘ
mother Qaratis ⓘ
notableEvent Byzantine–Abbasid prisoner exchange of 845 ⓘ
notableRebellionFaced revolt of Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khuzaʿi ⓘ
patronOf music and singers at court ⓘ
policy enforcement of doctrine of created Qurʾan ⓘ
precededBy al-Muʿtasim ⓘ
linked to: al-Mu'tasim
realm Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
regnalEpithetMeaning “the Confident” or “the Reliant on God” ⓘ
regnalName al-Wathiq ⓘ
reignEnd 847 ⓘ
reignStart 842 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousDenomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
spouse Umm Ishaq ⓘ
succeededBy al-Mutawakkil ⓘ
title Amir al-Muʾminin ⓘ
linked to: Amir al-Mu’minin
usedTurkishGuard yes ⓘ

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al-Wathiq → personalName → Abu Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn al-Muʿtasim ⓘ
Abu Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn al-Muʿtasim → fullName → Abu Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muhammad al-Muʿtasim ⓘ
linked to: Abu Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn al-Muʿtasim