خلع المستعين وبيعة المعتز

خلع المستعين وبيعة المعتز

252 ھ

In 252 AH al-Musta'in was deposed and al-Mu'tazz was pledged in Muharram; the pledge was taken for him in Baghdad ¹. Al-Tabari records the killing of Shurayh al-Habashi ² and al-Mu'tazz's letter striking the names of Bugha and Wasif from the registers ². According to al-Suyuti, he was pledged at al-Musta'in's deposition in 252 AH, when he was nineteen years old, and no one younger than him had held the caliphate before him ³.