| Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tasim محمد ابن المعتصم | |||||
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| Born | 820s Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
| Died | 850s Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
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| Spouse | Makhariq | ||||
| Issue | Ahmad al-Musta'in | ||||
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| Dynasty | Abbasid | ||||
| Father | al-Mu'tasim | ||||
| Mother | Qaratis | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
| Occupation | Courtier and confidant of caliph al-Wathiq | ||||
Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn (Arabic: محمد ابن المعتصم, romanized: Muḥammad 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.