Al-Mahdi
| al-Mahdi ٱلْـمَـهْـدِي | |||||
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| Khalifah Amir al-Mu'minin | |||||
Gold Dinar of al-Mahdi | |||||
| 3rd Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate | |||||
| Reign | 6 October 775 – 24 July 785 | ||||
| Predecessor | al-Mansur | ||||
| Successor | al-Hadi | ||||
| Born | 744 or 745 Humeima, Bilad al-Sham (modern-day Jordan) | ||||
| Died | 24 July 785 (aged 40–41) | ||||
| Burial | Masabadhan | ||||
| Consorts | List
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| Dynasty | Abbasid | ||||
| Father | al-Mansur | ||||
| Mother | Umm Musa Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Manṣūr (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله المنصور; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī (المهدي, "He who is guided by God"), was the third Abbasid Caliph who reigned from 775 to his death in 785. He succeeded his father, al-Mansur.