Al-Amin
Abu Musa Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid (Arabic: أبو موسى محمد بن هارون الرشيد, romanized: Abū Mūsā Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd; April 787 – 24/25 September 813), better known by his laqab of al-Amin (Arabic: الأمين, romanized: al-Amīn), was the sixth Arab Abbasid caliph from 809 to 813.
| al-Amin الأمين | |||||
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| Khalifah Amir al-Mu'minin | |||||
Gold dinar of al-Amin, minted in Baghdad in 811 | |||||
| 6th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate | |||||
| Reign | 24 March 809 – 27 September 813 | ||||
| Predecessor | Harun al-Rashid | ||||
| Successor | al-Ma'mun | ||||
| Born | April 787 Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
| Died | 27 September 813 (aged 26) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
| Burial | Baghdad | ||||
| Spouse | Lubana bint Ali ibn al-Mahdi | ||||
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| Dynasty | Abbasid | ||||
| Father | Harun al-Rashid | ||||
| Mother | Zubaidah bint Ja`far | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Al-Amin succeeded his father, Harun al-Rashid, in 809 and ruled until he was deposed and killed in 813, during the civil war by his half-brother, al-Ma'mun.
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