Al-Muhtadi

al-Muhtadi المهتدي
Caliph Commander of the Faithful
Dirham of al-Muhtadi, minted in Wasit in 869
14th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Reign	21/22 July 869 — 21 June 870
Predecessor	al-Mu'tazz
Successor	al-Mu'tamid
Born	c. 833 Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Died	21 June 870 (aged c. 37) Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial	Samarra
Issue	Abu Bakr
Names Abu Ishaq Muhammad ibn Harun al-Wathiq al-Muhtadi bi-'llāh
Dynasty	Abbasid
Father	al-Wathiq
Mother	Qurb
Religion	Sunni Islam

Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn al-Wāthiq (Arabic: أبو إسحاق محمد بن هارون الواثق‎; c. 833 – 21 June 870), better known by his regnal name al-Muhtadī bi-'llāh (Arabic: المهتدي بالله, "Guided by God"), was the Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from July 869 to June 870, during the "Anarchy at Samarra".