Al-Muhtadi

al-Muhtadi
المهتدي
Caliph
Commander of the Faithful
Dirham of al-Muhtadi, minted in Wasit in 869
14th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Reign21/22 July 869 — 21 June 870
Predecessoral-Mu'tazz
Successoral-Mu'tamid
Bornc. 833
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Died21 June 870 (aged c. 37)
Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial
Samarra
IssueAbu Bakr
Names
Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh
DynastyAbbasid
Fatheral-Wathiq
MotherQurb
ReligionSunni 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".