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Al-Muntasir

837 - 862

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Abu Ja'far Muḥammad ibn Ja'far ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muntasir biʾLlāh (Arabic: أبو جعفر محمد; November 837 – 7 June 862), better known by his regnal title al-Muntasir biʾLlāh (المنتصر بالله, "He who triumphs in God") was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 861 to 862, during the "Anarchy at Samarra". The power struggle between al-Muntasir and his brother, al-Mu'tazz, backed by different factions, climaxed with the Turkic leaders plotting the murder of his father al-Mutawakkil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Muntasir has received more than 205,525 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Al-Muntasir is the 3,004th most popular politician (up from 3,690th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Iraq (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Al-Muntasir was the caliph of the Fatimid dynasty in Egypt. He is most famous for his military conquests and his attempt to take back Syria from the Abbasids.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Muntasir ranks 3,004 out of 19,576. Before him are Cardinal de Rohan, Huáscar, Bardiya, Kyösti Kallio, Philippa of England, and Ferhat Abbas. After him are Philotas, Nexhmije Hoxha, Luigi Einaudi, Herschel Grynszpan, Shamshi-Adad I, and Fulvia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 837, Al-Muntasir ranks 2. Before him is Æthelred I, King of Wessex.  Among people deceased in 862, Al-Muntasir ranks 1. After him are Domnall mac Ailpín, and Lupus Servatus.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Muntasir ranks 83 out of 384. Before him are Abdul Salam Arif (1921), Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (648), Al-Muqtadir (895), Nahor, son of Serug (-1912), Muhammad al-Shaybani (750), and Sargon I (-1900). After him are Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Hormizd IV (540), Adad-nirari I (-1400), Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1941), and Ahmad ibn Tulun (835).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Al-Muntasir ranks 45. Before him are Naram-Sin of Akkad (-2254), Urukagina (-2500), Abdul Rahman Arif (1916), Abdul Salam Arif (1921), Al-Muqtadir (895), and Sargon I (-1900). After him are Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), Hormizd IV (540), Adad-nirari I (-1400), Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1941), Ahmad ibn Tulun (835), and Nouri al-Maliki (1950).

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