Al-Hadi


al-Hadi
أبو محمد موسى بن المهدي الهادي
Khalifah
Amir al-Mu'minin
Dirham of al-Hadi minted in 786/787 in al-Haruniya
4th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Reign24 July 785 – 14 September 786
Predecessoral-Mahdi
SuccessorHarun al-Rashid
Born26 April 764
Rayy, Abbasid Caliphate (in present-day Tehran Province)
Died14 September 786 (aged 22)
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial
Haditha
Consort
Issue
  • Ja'far
  • al-Abbas
  • Abd Allah
  • Ishaq
  • Isma'il
  • Sulayman
  • Musa
  • Umm Isa
  • Umm al-Abbas
Names
Abu Muhammad Musa ibn al-Mahdi al-Hadi
DynastyAbbasid
Fatheral-Mahdi
Motheral-Khayzuran
ReligionSunni Islam

Abū Muḥammad Mūsā ibn al-Mahdī al-Hādī (Arabic: أبو محمد موسى بن المهدي الهادي; 26 April 764 CE  – 14 September 786 CE)[1] better known by his laqab al-Hādī (الهادي‎) was the fourth Arab Abbasid caliph who succeeded his father al-Mahdi and ruled from 169 AH (785 CE) until his death in 170 AH (786 CE). His short reign ended with internal chaos and power struggles with his mother.[2]

  1. ^ al-Suyuti, Tarikh al-Khulafa' (The History of Caliphs)
  2. ^ Stanley Lane-Poole, The Coins of the Eastern Khaleefahs in the British Museum