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Baghdad's deposition of Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi

خلع أهل بغداد إبراهيم بن المهدي

203 AH

In the year 203 the people of Baghdad deposed Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi and proclaimed al-Ma'mun caliph, after an agreement with Humayd ibn Abd al-Hamid 1; then Ibrahim went into hiding 2. In al-Suyuti he was given the title al-Mubarak; in Dhu'l-Hijja of the year 203 word reached him that people were slipping away from his allegiance, and he went into hiding. His reign lasted two years less a few days, and he remained in hiding for eight years 3

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In 203 AH the people of Baghdad deposed Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi and gave the oath of allegiance to al-Ma'mun as caliph, after an agreement with Humayd ibn Abd al-Hamid. Then Ibrahim disappeared. 1 2

Al-Suyuti's account

Al-Suyuti says he was given the title "the Blessed". In Dhu al-Hijja of 203 AH news reached him that people were slipping away from his allegiance, and he disappeared. His reign lasted two years less a few days, and he remained in hiding for eight years. 4

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.8 p.570
  2. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.8 p.571
  3. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 487
  4. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.487
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