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Biskra

بسكرة

City in Algeria.

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al-Andalus & Europe
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Birthplace of
Tayeb el-Oqbi
Site of
Battle of Biskra (1401)· Siege of Zaatcha

People and things also explored

al-Mutawakkil ala Allah Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tadid· Algeria· Battle of Biskra (1401)· Siege of Zaatcha· Tayeb el-Oqbi

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • iDAI.gazetteer (German Archaeological Institute place gazetteer)
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islam.museum contributors. “Biskra”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/biskra/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.

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al-Mutawakkil ala Allah Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tadid

Sixth Cairo caliph [763–808] — 'father of the age's caliphs': of his hundred children five reigned (al-Musta'in, al-Mu'tadid II, al-Mustakfi II, al-Qa'im, al-Mustanjid), a thing without parallel, and all living Abbasids descend from him. Deposed fifteen days in 779, imprisoned and deposed by Barquq 785–791, he refused the amirs' offer of the sultanate itself in 778; died Tuesday 18 Rajab 808.