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    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...
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    the support of his son, al-Muntasir, marking the beginning of the period of civil strife known as the "Anarchy at Samarra". Al-Mutawakkil was born on 31...
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    Mahmud al-Muntasir (Italian pronunciation: [maˈmud]) (8 August 1903 – 28 September 1970) was the first Prime minister of Libya from March 29, 1951 to...
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    "anarchy" began in 861, with the murder of Caliph al-Mutawakkil by his Turkish guards. His successor, al-Muntasir, ruled for six months before his death, possibly...
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    three heirs of his father al-Mutawakkil, al-Mu'tazz was forced to renounce his rights after the accession of his brother al-Muntasir, and was thrown in prison...
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  • Umar Mustafa Al Muntasir (Arabic: عمر مصطفى المنتصر) (1939 – 23 January 2001) was secretary of the General People's Committee (Prime Minister) of the...
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    peak until the assassination of Caliph Al-Mutawakkil in 861. Al-Mutawakkil had appointed his oldest son, al-Muntasir, as his heir in 849/50, but slowly had...
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    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...
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  • The Muntasir Billah Division (Arabic: فرقة المنتصر بالله, romanized: Firqah al-Muntasir bi-llah), also known by its original name Muntasir Billah Brigade...
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    Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969...
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  • al-Mutawakkil ordered the destruction of the grave and the filling of the resulting pit with water. His son who succeeded him as caliph, al-Muntasir,...
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    frequently beset by palace coups and troop riots. Al-Mutawakkil's son al-Muntasir (r. 861–862) abandoned al-Ja'fari and moved back to the Jawsaq palace, which...
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    his reign, Al-Muntasir removed the ban on pilgrimage to the tombs of Hassan and Hussayn and sent Wasif to raid the Byzantines. Al-Muntasir died of unknown...
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  • arrangements and depose al-Muntasir's brothers al-Mu'tazz and al-Mu'ayyad from their position as his heirs. The Turks feared that if al-Mu'tazz became caliph...
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  • Mohamed Al-Muntasir (Arabic: محمد المنتصر born 1960) is a Libyan businessman who represents the city of Misrata on the National Transitional Council....
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    Abu al-ʿAbbās Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿal-ʿAbbās (Arabic: أبو العباس عبد الله ابن محمد ابن علي, romanized: Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd...
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    (r. 866–869). In particular, al-Muntasir and al-Musta'in somewhat relaxed the anti-Alid policies of al-Mutawakkil, and al-Hadi thus lived more freely in...
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    Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj (Arabic: فائز السراج or فايز السراج; born 20 February 1960) is a Libyan politician who served as the Chairman of the Presidential...
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    Abdul Hamid Muhammad Abdul Rahman al-Dbeibeh (Arabic: عبدالحميد محمد عبدالرحمن الدبيبة, also transliterated as Dbeibah; born 13 February 1958) is a Libyan...
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    L. (2015). The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 34: Incipient Decline: The Caliphates of al-Wāthiq, al-Mutawakkil, and al-Muntaṣir A.D. 841-863/A.H. 227-248...
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    (1989). 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...
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    The House of Wisdom (Arabic: بَيْت الْحِكْمَة Bayt al-Ḥikmah), also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, was believed to be a major Abbasid-era public...
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    with the support of al-Muntasir. During al-Muntasir's short reign (861–862), the Turks pressured him into removing al-Mu'tazz and al-Mu'ayyad from the succession...
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    vetoed Muntasir membership in the local parliament and dismissed the governor of Tarhuna who was Umar al-Muntasir's son, Ahmad Dhiya al-Muntasir, from...
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    Abū al-ʿAbbās Abd Allāh ibn Hārūn al-Maʾmūn (Arabic: أبو العباس عبد الله بن هارون الرشيد, romanized: Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hārūn ar-Rashīd; 14...
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  • Al-Mua'yyad was the brother of al-Muntasir and al-Mu'tazz, who both would eventually become caliphs as well. Al-Mu'ayyad was the son of Al-Mutawakkil and his concubine...
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    Congress (the current State Council) mandated a parallel government led by Omar al-Hassi to take control of the capital Tripoli. During that period, Libyans...
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    Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire. Planned during the short caliphate of al-Muntasir (r. 861–862), it was commanded by the Turkish general Wasif, and was...
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    either 854 or 861. In 861, al-Mutawakkil was murdered by his Turkish guards in collusion with his oldest son al-Muntasir (r. 861–862). This began a period...
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  • University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-058-8. Bosworth, C.E. (1993). "Al-Muntasir". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Pellat, Ch....
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