Al-Mu'tamid

al-Mu'tamid المعتمد
Caliph Commander of the Faithful
Gold dinar of al-Mu'tamid, minted in 884/5, with the names of al-Muwaffaq and the latter's vizier, Sa'id ibn Makhlad (Dhu'l-Wizaratayn)
15th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Reign	16 June 870 — 14 October 892
Predecessor	al-Muhtadi
Successor	al-Mu'tadid
Born	c. 842 Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate
Died	14 October 892 (aged c. 50) Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial	Samarra
Consort	Khallafah Nabt
Issue	al-Mufawwid Muhammad Abbas
Names Abu’l-ʿAbbas Ahmad ibn Jaʿfar al-Mutawakkil Al-Muʿtamid ʿalā ’llāh
Dynasty	Abbasid
Father	al-Mutawakkil
Mother	Fityan
Religion	Sunni Islam

Abu’l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد بن جعفر; c. 842 – 14 October 892), better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtamid ʿalā ’llāh (المعتمد على الله, 'Dependent on God'), was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 870 to 892. His reign marks the end of the "Anarchy at Samarra" and the start of the Abbasid restoration, but he was largely a ruler in name only. Power was held by his brother al-Muwaffaq, who held the loyalty of the military. Al-Mu'tamid's authority was circumscribed further after a failed attempt to flee to the domains controlled by Ahmad ibn Tulun in late 882, and he was placed under house arrest by his brother. In 891, when al-Muwaffaq died, loyalists attempted to restore power to the Caliph, but were quickly overcome by al-Muwaffaq's son al-Mu'tadid, who assumed his father's powers. When al-Mu'tamid died in 892, al-Mu'tadid succeeded him as caliph.