| al-Muhtadi المهتدي | |||||
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| Caliph Commander of the Faithful | |||||
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| 14th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate | |||||
| Reign | 21/22 July 869 — 21 June 870 | ||||
| Predecessor | al-Mu'tazz | ||||
| Successor | al-Mu'tamid | ||||
| Born | c. 833 Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
| Died | 21 June 870 (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; c. 833 – 21 June 870), 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".