Al-Hadi, Caliph · Fourth Abbasid caliph

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RulerCaliph · Fourth Abbasid caliph

Al-Hadiالهادي

Baghdad

A short-lived caliph who died after a single year.

He crushed an Alid uprising at Fakhkh near Makkah in 786. He tried to set aside his brother Harun as heir but died suddenly the same year.

Who came before and after?

Al-MahdiHarun al-Rashid

Who else is linked?

Abbasid CaliphateBaghdad

Source: history · Wikipedia

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