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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnt%C9%99sir_(x%C9%99lif%C9%99)" title="Müntəsir (xəlifə) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Müntəsir (xəlifə)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%B1" title="منتصر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="منتصر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0" title="আল-মুনতাসির – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আল-মুনতাসির" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-M%C3%BAntassir" title="Al-Múntassir – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Al-Múntassir" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muntasir" title="Al-Muntasir – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Al-Muntasir" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB-%CE%9C%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CF%81" title="Αλ-Μουντασίρ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αλ-Μουντασίρ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Munt%C3%A1sir" title="Al-Muntásir – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Al-Muntásir" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muntasir" title="Al-Muntasir – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Al-Muntasir" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%B1" title="منتصر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="منتصر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muntasir" title="Al-Muntasir – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Al-Muntasir" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9" title="अल मून्तासिर विल्लाह – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अल मून्तासिर विल्लाह" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="hu" data-title="Al-Muntaszir abbászida kalifa" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muntasir" title="Al-Muntasir – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Al-Muntasir" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A0%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB" title="ムンタスィル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ムンタスィル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muntasir" title="Al-Muntasir – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Al-Muntasir" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntasir" title="Muntasir – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Muntasir" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81" title="منتصر باللہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="منتصر باللہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a 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861 – 7 June 862</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Al-Mutawakkil" title="Al-Mutawakkil">al-Mutawakkil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Al-Musta%27in" title="Al-Musta'in">al-Musta'in</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">November 837<br />Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate (modern <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">7 June 862 (aged 24)<br /><a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Samarra" title="Abbasid Samarra">Samarra</a>, Abbasid Caliphate (modern <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Samarra" title="Samarra">Samarra</a>, now <a href="/wiki/Saladin_Governorate" title="Saladin Governorate">Saladin Governorate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ahmad<sup id="cite_ref-Lowry_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lowry-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Abd al-Wahab<sup id="cite_ref-Lowry_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lowry-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Ubaydullah<sup id="cite_ref-Lowry_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lowry-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:left">Names</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data nickname" style="text-align:left; padding-left:0.7em;">Abu Ja'far Muḥammad ibn <a href="/wiki/Al-Mutawakkil" title="Al-Mutawakkil">Ja'far</a> ibn <a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27tasim" title="Al-Mu'tasim">Muḥammad</a> ibn <a href="/wiki/Harun_al-Rashid" title="Harun al-Rashid">Hārūn</a> al-Muntasir biʾLlāh</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Dynasty</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abbasid_dynasty" title="Abbasid dynasty">Abbasid</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Al-Mutawakkil" title="Al-Mutawakkil">al-Mutawakkil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hubshiya_al-Rumiyah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hubshiya al-Rumiyah (page does not exist)">Hubshiya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Abu Ja'far Muḥammad ibn <a href="/wiki/Al-Mutawakkil" title="Al-Mutawakkil">Ja'far</a> ibn <a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27tasim" title="Al-Mu'tasim">Muḥammad</a> ibn <a href="/wiki/Harun_al-Rashid" title="Harun al-Rashid">Hārūn</a> al-Muntasir biʾLlāh</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">أبو جعفر محمد</span>; November 837 – 7 June 862), better known by his <a href="/wiki/Laqab" class="mw-redirect" title="Laqab">regnal title</a> <b>al-Muntasir biʾLlāh</b> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">المنتصر بالله</span></span>, "He who triumphs in God") was the <a href="/wiki/Caliph" class="mw-redirect" title="Caliph">caliph</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> from 861 to 862, during the "<a href="/wiki/Anarchy_at_Samarra" title="Anarchy at Samarra">Anarchy at Samarra</a>". The power struggle between al-Muntasir and his brother, <a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27tazz" title="Al-Mu'tazz">al-Mu'tazz</a>, backed by different factions, climaxed with the Turkic leaders plotting the murder of his father <a href="/wiki/Al-Mutawakkil" title="Al-Mutawakkil">al-Mutawakkil</a>. Following the assassination in 861, al-Muntasir assumed the caliphate with Turkic support. </p><p>His reign, lasting only six months, saw a shift in policies, including a more favorable stance towards the House of ʻAlī and the lifting of the ban on pilgrimage to the tombs of <a href="/wiki/Hasan_ibn_Ali" title="Hasan ibn Ali">Hassan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Husayn_ibn_Ali" title="Husayn ibn Ali">Hussayn</a>. Al-Muntasir engaged in military actions against the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Amorian_dynasty" title="Byzantine Empire under the Amorian dynasty">Byzantines</a>, led by his general <a href="/wiki/Wasif_al-Turki" title="Wasif al-Turki">Wasif al-Turki</a>, but his sudden death in June 862 resulted in a change of leadership, and <a href="/wiki/Al-Musta%27in" title="Al-Musta'in">al-Musta'in</a> succeeded him as caliph. The military campaign continued briefly, with Wasif achieving success before returning to <a href="/wiki/Samarra" title="Samarra">Samarra</a> due to the change in government. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Muntasir&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abbasids_Ninth_Century.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Abbasids_Ninth_Century.svg/300px-Abbasids_Ninth_Century.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Abbasids_Ninth_Century.svg/450px-Abbasids_Ninth_Century.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Abbasids_Ninth_Century.svg/600px-Abbasids_Ninth_Century.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="724" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Family tree of the <i>Abbasid caliphs</i> of the ninth century</figcaption></figure> <p>Al-Muntasir was the eldest son of Abu al-Fadl Ja'far (future Abbasid caliph <a href="/wiki/Al-Mutawakkil" title="Al-Mutawakkil">al-Mutawakkil</a>). At the time of his birth, his father was fourteen years old. His given name was Muhammad. Al-Muntasir's mother was Hubshiya, a <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Greeks" title="Byzantine Greeks">Greek</a> slave.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006173_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006173-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 849, al-Mutawakkil arranged for his succession, by appointing three of his sons as heirs and assigning them the governance and proceeds of the Empire's provinces: the eldest, al-Muntasir, was named first heir, and received the governorship of Egypt, the <a href="/wiki/Al-Jazira_(caliphal_province)" title="Al-Jazira (caliphal province)">Jazira</a>, and the proceeds of the rents in the capital, <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Samarra" title="Abbasid Samarra">Samarra</a>; <a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27tazz" title="Al-Mu'tazz">al-Mu'tazz</a> was charged with supervising the domains of the governor in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Khorasan" title="Greater Khorasan">Khorasan</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27ayyad" title="Al-Mu'ayyad">al-Mu'ayyad</a> was placed in charge of <a href="/wiki/Bilad_al-Sham" title="Bilad al-Sham">Syria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004167_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004167-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Jarir_al-Tabari" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari">Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari</a> records that in 236 AH (850–851) al-Muntasir led a pilgrimage. The previous year al-Mutawakkil had named his three sons as heirs and seemed to favor al-Muntasir. However, afterward, this seemed to change and al-Muntasir feared his father was going to move against him. So, he decided to strike first. Al-Mutawakkil was killed by a Turkish soldier on Wednesday 10 December 861. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Involvement_in_the_assassination_of_al-Mutawakkil">Involvement in the assassination of al-Mutawakkil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Muntasir&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Involvement in the assassination of al-Mutawakkil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Al-Mutawakkil had appointed his oldest son, al-Muntasir, as his heir in 849/50, but slowly had shifted his favor to his second son, al-Mu'tazz, encouraged by al-Fath ibn Khaqan and the vizier <a href="/wiki/Ubayd_Allah_ibn_Yahya_ibn_Khaqan" title="Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan">Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan</a>. This rivalry extended into the political sphere, as al-Mu'tazz's succession appears to have been backed by the traditional Abbasid elites as well, while al-Muntasir was backed by the Turkic and <i><a href="/wiki/Maghariba_(Abbasid_troops)" title="Maghariba (Abbasid troops)">Maghariba</a></i> guard troops.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGordon200182_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGordon200182-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004169_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004169-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late autumn 861, matters came to a head: in October, al-Mutawakkil ordered the estates of the Turkic general <a href="/wiki/Wasif_al-Turki" title="Wasif al-Turki">Wasif</a> to be confiscated and handed over to al-Fath. Feeling backed into a corner, the Turkic leadership began a plot to assassinate the Caliph.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004168–169_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004168–169-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were soon joined, or at least had the tacit approval, of al-Muntasir, who smarted from a succession of humiliations: on 5 December, on the recommendation of al-Fath and Ubayd Allah, he was bypassed in favor of al-Mu'tazz for leading the <a href="/wiki/Friday_prayer" title="Friday prayer">Friday prayer</a> at the end of <a href="/wiki/Ramadan" title="Ramadan">Ramadan</a>, while three days later, when al-Mutawakkil was feeling ill and chose al-Muntasir to represent him on the prayer, once again Ubayd Allah intervened and persuaded the Caliph to go in person. Even worse, according to the historian <a href="/wiki/Al-Tabari" title="Al-Tabari">al-Tabari</a>, on the next day, al-Mutawakkil alternately vilified and threatened to kill his eldest son, and even had al-Fath slap him on the face. With rumors circulating that Wasif and the other Turkish leaders would be rounded up and executed on 12 December, the conspirators decided to act.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004169_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004169-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171–173,_176_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171–173,_176-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to al-Tabari, a story later circulated that al-Fath and Ubayd Allah were forewarned of the plot by a Turkic woman, but had disregarded it, confident that no one would dare carry it out.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989xx,_181_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989xx,_181-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006265_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006265-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the night of 10/11 December, about one hour after midnight, the Turks burst in the chamber where the caliph and al-Fath were having supper. Al-Fath was killed trying to protect the Caliph, who was killed next. Al-Muntasir, who now assumed the caliphate, initially claimed that al-Fath had murdered his father and that he had been killed after; within a short time, however, the official story changed to al-Mutawakkil choking on his drink.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171–182,_184,_195_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171–182,_184,_195-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006264–267_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006264–267-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reign">Reign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Muntasir&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the same day as the assassination, al-Muntasir succeeded smoothly to the throne of the Caliphate with the support of the Turkic faction. The Turkic party then prevailed on al-Muntasir to remove his brothers from the succession, fearing they would seek revenge for his involvement in the murder of their father. In their place, he was to appoint his son as heir apparent. On 27 April 862, both brothers wrote statements of abdication, although al-Mu'tazz did so after some hesitation. </p><p>Al-Muntasir became caliph on December 11, 861, after his father al-Mutawakkil was assassinated by members of his Turkic guard.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he was suspected of being involved in the plot to kill al-Mutawakkil, he was able to quickly take control of affairs in the capital city of <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Samarra" title="Abbasid Samarra">Samarra</a> and receive the <a href="/wiki/Bay%27ah" title="Bay'ah">oath of allegiance</a> from the leading men of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Al-Muntasir's sudden elevation to the Caliphate served to benefit several of his close associates, who gained senior positions in the government after his ascension. Included among these were his secretary, <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_al-Khasib" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmad ibn al-Khasib">Ahmad ibn al-Khasib</a>, who became <a href="/wiki/Vizier" title="Vizier">vizier</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wasif_al-Turki" title="Wasif al-Turki">Wasif</a>, a senior Turkic general who had likely been heavily involved in al-Mutawakkil's murder.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Al-Muntasir was lauded because, unlike his father, he loved the house of ʻAlī (<a href="/wiki/Shi%27a_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi'a Islam">Shīʻa</a>) and removed the ban on pilgrimage to the tombs of <a href="/wiki/Hasan_ibn_Ali" title="Hasan ibn Ali">Hassan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Husayn_ibn_Ali" title="Husayn ibn Ali">Hussayn</a>. He sent Wasif to raid the Byzantines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_with_Byzantines">War with Byzantines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Muntasir&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: War with Byzantines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shortly after securing his position as caliph, al-Muntasir decided to <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Faruriyyah" title="Capture of Faruriyyah">send an Abbasid army against the Byzantines</a>. According to al-Tabari, this decision was prompted by Ahmad ibn al-Khasib; the vizier had recently had a falling out with Wasif, and he sought to find an excuse to get him out of the capital. Ahmad ultimately decided that the best way to accomplish this was to put him at the head of a military campaign. He was eventually able to convince the caliph to go along with the plan, and al-Muntasir ordered Wasif to head to the <a href="/wiki/Al-%27Awasim" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-'Awasim">Byzantine frontier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Having completed their preparations for the campaign, Wasif and the army departed for the Byzantine frontier in early 862. Upon arriving at the <a href="/wiki/Syria_(region)" title="Syria (region)">Syrian</a> side of the frontier zone,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They set up camp there in preparation for their incursions into Byzantine territory.<sup id="cite_ref-Tabari35_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tabari35-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before Wasif had a chance to make any serious progress against the Byzantines, however, the campaign was overshadowed by events back at the capital. After a reign of only six months, al-Muntasir died around the beginning of June, of either illness or poison. Following his death, the vizier Ahmad ibn al-Khasib and a small group of senior Turkish commanders met and decided to appoint <a href="/wiki/Al-Musta%27in" title="Al-Musta'in">al-Musta'in</a> as caliph in his stead. They presented their decision to the Samarran military regiments and were eventually able to force the soldiers to swear allegiance to their candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The death of al-Muntasir did not immediately result in the termination of the military campaign. Wasif, upon learning of the passing of the caliph, decided that he should still persist with the operation, and led his forces into Byzantine territory. The army advanced against a Byzantine fortress called Faruriyyah<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the region of <a href="/wiki/Tarsus,_Mersin" title="Tarsus, Mersin">Tarsus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The defenders of the fortress were defeated and the stronghold was conquered by the Muslims.<sup id="cite_ref-Tabari35_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tabari35-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ultimately, however, the change of government in Samarra brought the expedition to a premature conclusion. The ascension of al-Musta'in could not be ignored indefinitely by Wasif; having already missed the opportunity to play a role in the selection of the new caliph, he needed to make sure his interests back in the capital were protected. As a result, he decided to abandon the Byzantine front, and by 863 he was back in Samarra.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Muntasir&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87.jpg/220px-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87.jpg/330px-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87.jpg/440px-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="439" /></a><figcaption>The tomb of al-Muntasir near <a href="/wiki/Samarra" title="Samarra">Samarra</a> in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>; this is also the resting place of his grandfather <a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27tasim" title="Al-Mu'tasim">al-Mu'tasim</a> and his brother <a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27tazz" title="Al-Mu'tazz">al-Mu'tazz</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Al-Muntasir's reign lasted less than half a year; it ended with his death from unknown causes on Sunday, 7 June 862, at the age of 24 years (solar). There are various accounts of the illness that led to his death, including that he was bled with a poisoned lancet. Al-Tabari (p. 222-3) states that al-Muntasir is the first Abbasid whose tomb is known, that it was made public by his mother, a Greek slave girl, and that earlier caliphs desired their tombs to be kept secret for fear of desecration. Joel L. Kraemer in his translation of al-Tabari notes on page 223: </p><p>"'Ayni comments, citing al-Sibt (b. al-Jawzi), that Tabari's statement here is surprising since the tombs of the Abbasid caliphs are in fact known, e.g., the tomb of al-Saffah is in Anbar beneath the minbar; and those of al-Mahdi in Masabadhan, Harun in Tus, al-Ma'mun in Tarsis, and al-Mu'tasim, al-Wathiq and al-Mu'tawakkil in Samarra." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Succession">Succession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Muntasir&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Succession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His father, caliph <a href="/wiki/Al-Mutawakkil" title="Al-Mutawakkil">al-Mutawakkil</a> (r. 847–861) had created a plan of succession that would allow his sons to inherit the caliphate after his death; he would be succeeded first by his eldest son, al-Muntasir, then by <a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27tazz" title="Al-Mu'tazz">al-Mu'tazz</a> and third by <a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27ayyad" title="Al-Mu'ayyad">al-Mu'ayyad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During al-Muntasir's short reign (r. 861–862), the Turks convinced him into removing al-Mu'tazz and al-Mu'ayyad from the succession. When al-Muntasir died, the Turkic officers gathered together and decided to install the dead caliph's cousin Ahmad <a href="/wiki/Al-Musta%27in" title="Al-Musta'in">al-Musta'in</a> on the throne.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Muntasir&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Muhtadi" title="Al-Muhtadi">al-Muhtadi</a>, cousin of al-Muntasir</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27tamid" title="Al-Mu'tamid">al-Mu'tamid</a>, brother of al-Muntasir</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Muwaffaq" title="Al-Muwaffaq">al-Muwaffaq</a>, brother of al-Muntasir</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_al-Khasib_al-Jarjara%27i" title="Ahmad ibn al-Khasib al-Jarjara'i">Ahmad ibn al-Khasib al-Jarjara'i</a>, vizier of al-Muntasir</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Muntasir&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Lowry-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lowry_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lowry_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lowry_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLowryToorawa2019" class="citation book cs1">Lowry, J.E.; 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(2019). <i>Arabic Belles Lettres</i>. Resources in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Lockwood Press. p. 90. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-948488-11-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-948488-11-2"><bdi>978-1-948488-11-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Arabic+Belles+Lettres&rft.series=Resources+in+Arabic+and+Islamic+Studies&rft.pages=90&rft.pub=Lockwood+Press&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=978-1-948488-11-2&rft.aulast=Lowry&rft.aufirst=J.E.&rft.au=Toorawa%2C+S.M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Muntasir" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006173-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006173_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKennedy2006">Kennedy 2006</a>, p. 173.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004167-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004167_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKennedy2004">Kennedy 2004</a>, p. 167.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGordon200182-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGordon200182_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGordon2001">Gordon 2001</a>, p. 82.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004169-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004169_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004169_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKennedy2004">Kennedy 2004</a>, p. 169.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKraemer1989">Kraemer 1989</a>, p. 171.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004168–169-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2004168–169_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKennedy2004">Kennedy 2004</a>, pp. 168–169.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171–173,_176-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171–173,_176_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKraemer1989">Kraemer 1989</a>, pp. 171–173, 176.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989xx,_181-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989xx,_181_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKraemer1989">Kraemer 1989</a>, pp. xx, 181.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006265-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006265_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKennedy2006">Kennedy 2006</a>, p. 265.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171–182,_184,_195-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKraemer1989171–182,_184,_195_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKraemer1989">Kraemer 1989</a>, pp. 171–182, 184, 195.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006264–267-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKennedy2006264–267_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKennedy2006">Kennedy 2006</a>, pp. 264–267.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bosworth, "al-Muntasir," p. 583</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kennedy, 266-68</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gordon, pp. 88-91</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Al-Tabari, v. 34: p. 204; Ibn al-Athir, p. 111. Al-Mas'udi, p. 300, states that al-Muntasir ordered the campaign to disperse the Turkish army and remove them from Samarra.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<i>Thughūr al-Shāmiyyah,</i>" the Syrian frontier. The <i>thughūr</i> or forward frontier zone stretched along the northern regions of both Syria and the Jazira; Bonner, p. 17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tabari35-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tabari35_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tabari35_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Al-Tabari, v. 35: pp. 7-8; Ibn al-Athir, p. 119</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gordon, p. 90; al-Tabari, v. 35: pp. 1-5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Al-Tabari, v. 35: pp. 7-8. Bosworth, "The City of Tarsus," p. 274, refers to <i>F.rūriyya</i> as being "dubiously identifiable."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Al-Mas'udi; p. 300</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gordon, pp. 91, 220 n. 189; al-Tabari, v. 35: p. 11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bosworth, "Mu'tazz," p. 793</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bosworth, "Muntasir," p. 583</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Muntasir&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKennedy2004" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_N._Kennedy" title="Hugh N. Kennedy">Kennedy, Hugh</a> (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Wux0lWbxs1kC"><i>The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century</i></a> (Second ed.). Harlow: Longman. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-582-40525-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-582-40525-7"><bdi>978-0-582-40525-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Prophet+and+the+Age+of+the+Caliphates%3A+The+Islamic+Near+East+from+the+6th+to+the+11th+Century&rft.place=Harlow&rft.edition=Second&rft.pub=Longman&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-582-40525-7&rft.aulast=Kennedy&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWux0lWbxs1kC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Muntasir" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKennedy2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_N._Kennedy" title="Hugh N. Kennedy">Kennedy, Hugh</a> (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=67fZB5YGkOQC"><i>When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty</i></a>. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-306814808" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-306814808"><bdi>978-0-306814808</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=When+Baghdad+Ruled+the+Muslim+World%3A+The+Rise+and+Fall+of+Islam%27s+Greatest+Dynasty&rft.place=Cambridge%2C+MA&rft.pub=Da+Capo+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-306814808&rft.aulast=Kennedy&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D67fZB5YGkOQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Muntasir" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKraemer1989" class="citation book cs1">Kraemer, Joel L., ed. (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nxyl-gp36y8C"><i>The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXIV: Incipient Decline: The Caliphates of al-Wāthiq, al-Mutawakkil and al-Muntaṣir, A.D. 841–863/A.H. 227–248</i></a>. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-88706-874-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-88706-874-4"><bdi>978-0-88706-874-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+History+of+al-%E1%B9%ACabar%C4%AB%2C+Volume+XXXIV%3A+Incipient+Decline%3A+The+Caliphates+of+al-W%C4%81thiq%2C+al-Mutawakkil+and+al-Munta%E1%B9%A3ir%2C+A.D.+841%E2%80%93863%2FA.H.+227%E2%80%93248&rft.place=Albany%2C+New+York&rft.series=SUNY+Series+in+Near+Eastern+Studies.&rft.pub=State+University+of+New+York+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-0-88706-874-4&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dnxyl-gp36y8C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Muntasir" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGordon2001" class="citation book cs1">Gordon, Matthew S. (2001). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/breakingofthousa0000gord"><i>The Breaking of a Thousand Swords: A History of the Turkish Military of Samarra (A.H. 200–275/815–889 C.E.)</i></a></span>. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7914-4795-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-7914-4795-2"><bdi>0-7914-4795-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Breaking+of+a+Thousand+Swords%3A+A+History+of+the+Turkish+Military+of+Samarra+%28A.H.+200%E2%80%93275%2F815%E2%80%93889+C.E.%29&rft.place=Albany%2C+New+York&rft.pub=State+University+of+New+York+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-7914-4795-2&rft.aulast=Gordon&rft.aufirst=Matthew+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbreakingofthousa0000gord&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Muntasir" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMasudi2013" class="citation book cs1">Masudi (28 October 2013). <i>Meadows Of Gold</i>. Routledge Taylor & Francis. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-136-14522-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-136-14522-3"><bdi>978-1-136-14522-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Meadows+Of+Gold&rft.pub=Routledge+Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2013-10-28&rft.isbn=978-1-136-14522-3&rft.au=Masudi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAl-Muntasir" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Muir" title="William Muir">William Muir</a>, The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall.<i></i></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFD700; text-align:center;"><div>al-Muntasir</div><div><b><a href="/wiki/Abbasid_dynasty" title="Abbasid dynasty">Abbasid dynasty</a></b></div><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"><b>Born:</b> November 837</span><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"> <b>Died:</b> 7 June 862</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FABE60;"><a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam titles</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Al-Mutawakkil" title="Al-Mutawakkil">al-Mutawakkil</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Abbasid_caliphs" title="List of Abbasid caliphs">Caliph</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> </b><br />11 December 861 – 7 June 862 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Al-Musta%27in" title="Al-Musta'in">al-Musta'in</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> 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