{"slug": "al-muwaffaq", "label": "Al-Muwaffaq", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muwaffaq", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q291410", "qid": "Q291410", "description": "Abbasid prince and military leader (843–891)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [842, 891], "span_label": ["842 CE", "891 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "zanj-rebellion", "label": "Zanj Rebellion", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "zanj", "label": "Zanj", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "baghdad", "label": "Baghdad", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "tigris", "label": "Tigris", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saffarid-dynasty", "label": "Saffarid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-mu-tadid", "label": "Al-Mu'tadid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "slavery", "label": "Slavery", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-africa", "label": "East Africa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 842, "year_label": "842 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Al-Muwaffaq, Muslim prince and regent (d. 891)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256465#Births", "title": "842", "revid": 1350256465, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 872, "year_label": "872 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Zanj Rebellion: The Zanj (black slaves from East Africa) defeat the Abbasid forces, led by caliphal regent Al-Muwaffaq (brother of caliph Al-Mu'tamid). Hostilities in Mesopotamia (Southern Iraq) will preoccupy Al-Muwaffaq, and the Zanj will remain on the offensive over the next several years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267071842#Arabian_Empire", "title": "872", "revid": 1267071842, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 876, "year_label": "876 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul: Abbasid forces, led by Al-Muwaffaq, halt a Saffarid invasion on the River Tigris. Emir Ya'qub ibn al-Layth tries to capture the Abbasid Caliphate's capital of Baghdad, but he is forced, with his army, to retreat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070562#Arabian_Empire", "title": "876", "revid": 1267070562, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 881, "year_label": "881 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Zanj Rebellion: Abbasid general Al-Muwaffaq lays siege to the Zanj capital of Mukhtara, using his base on the opposite side of the River Tigris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129955#Arabian_Empire", "title": "881", "revid": 1341129955, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 883, "year_label": "883 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Zanj Rebellion: Abbasid general Al-Muwaffaq brings in Egyptian forces, to help him in his two-year siege of the Zanj capital Mukhtara. He captures the city, and crushes the revolt that has devastated Chaldea (modern Iraq) since 869.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129939#Arabian_Empire", "title": "883", "revid": 1341129939, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 891, "year_label": "891 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid prince and regent (b. 842)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267072819#Deaths", "title": "891", "revid": 1267072819, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 891, "year_label": "891 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – Al-Muwaffaq, an Abbasid prince and Commander-in-chief, dies at the capital of Baghdad. His son Al-Mu'tadid is recognized as regent, and second heir of the Abbasid Caliphate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267072819#Arabian_Empire_(Caliphate)", "title": "891", "revid": 1267072819, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire (Caliphate)"}}]}