al-Mu'tasim Abu Ishaq ibn al-Rashid
المعتصم بالله أبو إسحاق بن الرشيد
al-Mu'tasim bi'llah Abu Ishaq Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid, eighth caliph of the Abbasids; in al-Baladhuri: in his caliphate the Romans came out to Zibatra, killed its men, captured its women and wrecked it — which grieved and angered him so that he raided them as far as Amorium, having destroyed forts on the way, camped on it, took it, killed the fighters, captured the women and children, demolished it, and ordered Zibatra rebuilt, fortified and garrisoned.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Review
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Connections
- Participated in
- The Sack of Zibatra and al-Mu'tasim's Retaliation· فتح عمورية· The Fall of Qaliqala, 133, and its Rebuilding
- Child of
- Harun al-Rashid
People and things also explored
فتح عمورية· The Sack of Zibatra and al-Mu'tasim's Retaliation· The Aman of Samalu and its People's Transfer to Baghdad· Umar's Expulsion of the Christians of Najran· The Building of Madinat al-Hadath· The Building of al-Rafiqa· The Building of Tarsus· عبد الله المأمون بن هارون الرشيد
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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