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Al-Musta'in

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Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Mustaʿīn bi-ʾllāh (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن محمد; 836 – 17 October 866), better known by his regnal title al-Mustaʿīn (836 – 17 October 866) was the Abbasid caliph from 862 to 866, during the "Anarchy at Samarra". After the death of previous Caliph, al-Muntasir (who had not appointed any successors), the Turkic military leaders held a council to select his successor. They were not willing to have al-Mu'tazz or his brothers; so they elected Ahmad ibn Muhammad (أحمد بن محمد), a nephew of al-Mutawakkil, who took the regnal name al-Mustaʿīn bi-ʾllāh (المستعين بالله "he who looks for help to God"). Arab and other troops based in Baghdad, displeased at the choice, attacked the assembly, broke open the prison, and plundered the armory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Musta'in has received more than 186,112 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Al-Musta'in is the 5,582nd most popular politician (up from 5,931st in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 156th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Musta'in ranks 5,582 out of 19,576. Before him are Bolesław IV the Curly, Wilfried Martens, Beatrice of Castile, Nikolay Shvernik, Władysław Raczkiewicz, and George XII of Georgia. After him are John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Hisham III of Córdoba, Spiro Agnew, Lestek, Helena of Moscow, and Karl August von Hardenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 836, Al-Musta'in ranks 4. Before him are Thābit ibn Qurra, Causantín mac Cináeda, and Æthelberht, King of Wessex. After him is Fujiwara no Mototsune. Among people deceased in 866, Al-Musta'in ranks 7. Before him are Al-Kindi, Robert the Strong, Bardas, Liudolf, Duke of Saxony, Ordoño I of Asturias, and Linji Yixuan. After him are Charles the Child, Eberhard of Friuli, and Ranulf I of Aquitaine.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Musta'in ranks 155 out of 384. Before him are Al-Muqtadi (1056), Ishbi-Erra (-2100), Ammi-Ditana (-1700), Ar-Rashid (1109), Lugalbanda (null), and Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1940). After him are Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), Haider al-Abadi (1952), Eannatum (-2500), Surena (-84), Al-Mustazhir (1078), and Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Al-Musta'in ranks 98. Before him are Ninus (null), Ishbi-Erra (-2100), Ammi-Ditana (-1700), Ar-Rashid (1109), Lugalbanda (null), and Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1940). After him are Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), Haider al-Abadi (1952), Eannatum (-2500), Al-Mustazhir (1078), Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), and Enmebaragesi (-2650).

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