Al-Mahdi

Names
	Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī

al-Mahdi
ٱلْـمَـهْـدِي‎
al-Mahdi ; ٱلْـمَـهْـدِي‎
Khalifah ; Amir al-Mu'minin
	Gold Dinar of al-Mahdi
3rd Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Reign	6 October 775 – 24 July 785
Predecessor	al-Mansur
Successor	al-Hadi
Born	744 or 745; Humeima, Bilad al-Sham; (modern-day Jordan)
Died	24 July 785 (aged 40–41)
Burial	Masabadhan
Consorts	List Rayta bint al-Saffah; al-Khayzuran bint Atta; Asma bint Atta; Umm Abdallah; Ruqayya; Muhayyat; Rahim; Bahtariyah; Shaklah; Maknunah; Basbas; Hulah; Hasanah; Malkah; ;
Issue	Musa al-Hadi; Harun al-Rashid; Abbasa; Ubayd Allah; Ulayya; Ibrahim; Mansur; Banuqa; Aliyah; Ali; Abd Allah; Isa;
Names
Names
	Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī
Dynasty	Abbasid
Father	al-Mansur
Mother	Umm Musa Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari
Religion	Islam

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله المنصور; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī (المهدي, "He who is guided by God"), was the third Abbasid Caliph who reigned from 775 to his death in 785. He succeeded his father, al-Mansur.
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