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Al-Mutawakkil

822 - 861

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Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Harun (Arabic: جعفر بن محمد بن هارون, romanized: Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn); March 822 – 11 December 861), commonly known by his regnal name al-Mutawwakil ala Allah (Arabic: المتوكل على الله, romanized: al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh, lit. 'He who relies on God'), was the tenth Abbasid caliph, ruling from 847 until his assassination in 861. He succeeded his brother, al-Wathiq (r. 842–847), and is known for expanding the empire to its maximum extent. He was deeply religious, and is remembered for discarding the Muʿtazila, ending the Mihna (a period of persecution of Islamic scholars), and releasing Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Mutawakkil has received more than 473,153 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Mutawakkil is the 2,235th most popular politician (down from 1,897th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 47th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Al-Mutawakkil was the caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, and is most famous for his persecution of Shiites.

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  • 470k

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  • 64.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Mutawakkil ranks 2,235 out of 15,577. Before him are Vladimir Ivashko, Gwanggaeto the Great, Erich Koch, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Alfonso the Battler, and Aníbal Cavaco Silva. After him are Henry III of Castile, Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, Fahri Korutürk, Vasily Blokhin, Louis, Prince of Condé, and Nicias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 822, Al-Mutawakkil ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 861, Al-Mutawakkil ranks 1. 

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Mutawakkil ranks 63 out of 338. Before him are Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941), Tariq Aziz (1936), Fuad Masum (1938), Lugal-zage-si (-2360), Shalmaneser I (-1400), and Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914). After him are Al-Amin (787), Hillel the Elder (-110), Berossus (-400), Urukagina (-2500), Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), and Qutayba ibn Muslim (668).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Al-Mutawakkil ranks 36. Before him are Ashurnasirpal II (-1000), Tariq Aziz (1936), Fuad Masum (1938), Lugal-zage-si (-2360), Shalmaneser I (-1400), and Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914). After him are Al-Amin (787), Urukagina (-2500), Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), Hormizd IV (540), Shulgi (-2200), and Abdul Rahman Arif (1916).

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