Wikipedia article of the day for March 6, 2019 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot

The Wikipedia article of the day for March 6, 2019 is Al-Mu’tasim. Al-Mu’tasim (796–842) was the eighth Abbasid caliph. A younger son of Caliph Harun al-Rashid, he rose to prominence as a key lieutenant of his brother Caliph al-Ma’mun after forming a private army composed predominantly of Turkish slave-soldiers. When al-Ma’mun died on campaign in …

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