{"slug": "abbasid-samarra", "label": "Abbasid Samarra", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Samarra", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20717633", "qid": "Q20717633", "description": "Abbasid capital city", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [836, 892], "span_label": ["836 CE", "892 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "baghdad", "label": "Baghdad", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "april", "label": "April", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-mu-tadid", "label": "Al-Mu'tadid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-mu-tamid", "label": "Al-Mu'tamid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkic-peoples", "label": "Turkic peoples", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abbasid", "label": "Abbasid", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 836, "year_label": "836 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Driven by tensions between his favoured Turkish guard and the populace of Baghdad, Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim moves his residence to the new city of Samarra, 130 km north of Baghdad. With brief interruptions, the city will remain the seat of the Abbasid caliphs until 892.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350026626#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "836", "revid": 1350026626, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 842, "year_label": "842 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Caliph Al-Mu'tasim dies at Samarra (modern Iraq), after an eight year reign. He is succeeded by his son Al-Wathiq, as ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256465#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "842", "revid": 1350256465, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 851, "year_label": "851 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Bagrat II Bagratuni, Armenian prince and leader of a rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate, is captured by the Abbasid army, and brought to the caliphal capital of Samarra.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073715#Asia", "title": "851", "revid": 1267073715, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 855, "year_label": "855 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Caliph al-Mutawakkil sends an Abbasid army, led by the Turkic general Bugha al-Kabir, to suppress an uprising of rebellious Armenian nakharars. He subdues the country, and deports many Armenian nobles to the caliphal capital of Samarra.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256482#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "855", "revid": 1350256482, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 870, "year_label": "870 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – Anarchy at Samarra: The rebel Salih ibn Wasif is hunted down and killed in Abbasid Samarra by troops of Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129562#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "870", "revid": 1341129562, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 892, "year_label": "892 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April", "text": "April – Al-Mu'tadid, the de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate, removes his cousin Al-Mufawwad from succession. He becomes caliph himself, after the death of Al-Mu'tamid, returning the capital from Samarra to Baghdad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093317#Arabian_Empire", "title": "892", "revid": 1346093317, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}]}