Al-Mahdi

al-Mahdi
ٱلْـمَـهْـدِي‎
Khalifah
Amir al-Mu'minin
Gold Dinar of al-Mahdi
3rd Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Reign6 October 775 – 24 July 785
Predecessoral-Mansur
Successoral-Hadi
Born744 or 745
Humeima, Bilad al-Sham
(modern-day Jordan)
Died24 July 785 (aged 40–41)
Burial
Masabadhan
Consorts
List
Issue
Names
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī
DynastyAbbasid
Fatheral-Mansur
MotherUmm Musa Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari
ReligionIslam

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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