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Abd al-Wahid al-Makhlu (the Deposed), Almohad

عبد الواحد المخلوع الموحدي

c. 1224 CE · c. 621 AH

Abd al-Wahid ibn Yusuf ibn Abd al-Mu'min, an uncle of the caliph al-Nasir, known as al-Makhlu (the Deposed). After al-Mustansir the state gave him the oath of allegiance, for his advanced age and sound judgement; but he did not manage affairs well and did not placate the people of his state, so they deposed him and strangled him after a nine-month reign 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Wahid II al-Ma'mun, Almohad · Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi

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'Abd al-Wahid b. Yusuf b. 'Abd al-Mu'min the Almohad, uncle of the caliph al-Nasir, known as al-Makhlu' (the Deposed); the state swore allegiance to him after al-Mustansir for his age and sound mind, but he neither managed well nor indulged the men of his realm — so they deposed and strangled him nine months into his rule. 1

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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