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Asia Minor

آسيا الصغرى

Asian part of Turkey.

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Region
Levant & Iraq
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Birthplace of
Yunus Emre
Site of
Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628· Byzantine–Seljuk War· Rebellion of Thomas the Slav

People and things also explored

Abd Allah al-Ma'mun ibn Harun al-Rashid· al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah Abd Allah ibn al-Qadir· Anatolia (Asia Minor)· Maqdūniya· Yunus Emre: The Journey of Love· Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628· Byzantine–Seljuk War· Rebellion of Thomas the Slav

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islam.museum contributors. “Asia Minor”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/asia-minor/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Abd Allah al-Ma'mun ibn Harun al-Rashid

Seventh Abbasid caliph, born in 170 AH, 786 CE, a son of Harun al-Rashid. He governed Khurasan as heir, then won a civil war against his brother al-Amin, who was killed in 198 AH, 813 CE. He designated Ali al-Rida as his successor, returned to Baghdad in 204 AH, 819 CE, and, according to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, encouraged translation, founded the Bayt al-Hikma, favoured the Mu'tazila and instituted the mihna in 218 AH, 833 CE. He died near Tarsus in Rajab 218 AH, August 833 CE, and was succeeded by his brother al-Mu'tasim.