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unusual facts about Al-Musta'li


Al-Musta'li

During al-Musta‘li's reign, the First Crusade (1099) established the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch, which further reduced Fatimid power in Syria and Palestine.


Bugha al-Kabir

Following the death of Mutawwakil's heir, al-Muntasir, a few months later, Bugha and the other Turkic commanders of the Abbasid army selected al-Musta'in as his successor (see the "Anarchy at Samarra").

Clive A. Smith

Since leaving Nelvana, Smith founded Musta Costa Fortune with Melleny Melody.

Da'i al-Mutlaq

Among the Dawoodi Bohra branch of Musta'lī Ismā'īlī, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin is the 53rd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq and vicegerent of the occulted Fatimid 21st Imam At-Tayyib Abu'l-Qasim.

Timeline of 9th-century Muslim history

866: Abbasid Civil War: Al-Musta'in flees from Samarra, his deposition and accession of al-Mu'tazz; Muhammad ibn Yusuf Al-Ukhaidhir, a descendent of Ali, establishes an independent kingdom in Yamamah.

Ushrusaniyya

During the civil war which broke out between al-Musta'in and al-Mu'tazz in 865, a large continent of Ushrusaniyya was present in Baghdad to fight for al-Musta'in; these were placed under the command of al-Afshin's son al-Hasan.


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