Mar 31, 0822Samarra, Saladin Governorate, IraqDied on 11 Dec 0861 (aged 39)
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About Al Mutawakkil
Abu al-Fa?l Ja?far ibn Mu?ammad al-Mu?ta?im billah (Arabic: ???? ?? ???? ??????? ??????; March 822 – 11 December 861), better known by his regnal name al-Mutawakkil ?alà Allah (??????? ??? ????, "He who relies on God") was an Abbasid caliph who reigned in Samarra from 847 until 861.
He succeeded his brother al-Wathiq.
His assassination on 11 December 861 by the Turkish guard with the support of his son, al-Muntasir, began the troubled period of civil strife known as "Anarchy at Samarra".