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Al-Muntasir

837 - 862

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Abu Ja'far Muhammad (Arabic: أبو جعفر محمد; November 837 – 7 June 862), better known by his regnal title al-Muntasir bi-llah (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 186,783 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Muntasir is the 3,700th most popular politician (down from 3,280th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 75th in 2019) and the 54th 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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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.31

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  • 2.39

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Muntasir ranks 3,700 out of 15,577Before him are John IV of Trebizond, Deiphobus, Paul Kagame, Valdemar, King of Sweden, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Eric XI of Sweden. After him are Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Bertie Ahern, John Corvinus, Emperor Gong of Song, Latife Uşşaki, and Emperor Seimu.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Muntasir ranks 93 out of 338Before him are Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1941), Rashid ad-Din Sinan (1130), Sajida Talfah (1937), Haran (null), Ahmad ibn Tulun (835), and Ziusudra (null). After him are Al-Mutanabbi (915), Samsu-iluna (-1792), Nouri al-Maliki (1950), Banū Mūsā (900), Enmerkar (-2500), and Parysatis (-500).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Al-Muntasir ranks 54Before him are Adad-nirari II (-1000), Sumu-abum (-2000), Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1941), Sajida Talfah (1937), Ahmad ibn Tulun (835), and Ziusudra (null). After him are Samsu-iluna (-1792), Nouri al-Maliki (1950), Enmerkar (-2500), Parysatis (-500), Adad-nirari I (-1400), and Shammuramat (-900).