al-Mahdi
744 CE–785 CE · Baghdad
Al-Mahdi (c. 744–785) was the third Abbasid caliph, ruling from 775 to 785. His reign expanded court patronage and building activity and saw campaigns against groups the state regarded as heretical, including the persecution known as the pursuit of the zanadiqa. He conducted frontier warfare against the Byzantine Empire and died in 785, leaving the caliphate to his sons al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid.
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- Abd al-Rahman I· 731 CE–788 CE
- Emperor Kanmu· 737 CE–806 CE
- al-Hadi· 764 CE–786 CE
- Hisham I· 757 CE–796 CE
- Irene of Athens· 752 CE–803 CE
- K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat (Cauac Sky)· –785 CE
- Charlemagne· 747 CE–814 CE
- al-Mansur· 714 CE–775 CE
- Yaxun Bahlam IV (Bird Jaguar IV)· 709 CE–
- Harun al-Rashid· 763 CE–809 CE
- al-Saffah (Abu al-Abbas)· 721 CE–754 CE
- Jayavarman II· 770 CE–835 CE
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang· 685 CE–762 CE
- K'ak' Tiliw Chan Chaak (Smoking Squirrel)· 688 CE–
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