Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tasim

Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tasim
محمد ابن المعتصم
Born820s
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Died850s
Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial
SpouseMakhariq
IssueAhmad al-Musta'in
Names
Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ar-Rāshīd
DynastyAbbasid
Fatheral-Mu'tasim
MotherQaratis
ReligionIslam
OccupationCourtier and confidant of caliph al-Wathiq

Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn (Arabic: محمد ابن المعتصم, romanizedMuḥammad ibn al-Muʿtaṣim) was an Abbasid prince, the son of Caliph al-Mu'tasim. He was a contemporary of the caliph al-Wathiq and al-Mutawakkil. His son Ahmad became the twelfth Abbasid caliph as al-Musta'in. Muhammad was the first prince in Abbasid history whose son became a caliph, no other Abbasid prince before him had this prestige.