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Abu Jafar al-Ma'mun ibn Harun (also spelled Almamon and el-Mâmoûn) (September 14, 786 - August 9, 833) (المأمون) was the seventh Abbasidcaliph who reigned from 813 until his death in 833.
He had been designated by his father, Harun al-Rashid to succeed his brother al-Amin although this did not happen without bloodshed.
Caliph al ma mun biography of donald
When al-Amin tried to by-pass him by appointing his own son, he rebelled, defeated al-Amin, and claimed the caliphate. When, in a bid to reunify the Muslim world, he nominated the leader of the Shi'a community as successor, he faced a rebellion by his uncle.
He faced other uprisings and conflict with the Byzantine Empire but the caliphate also expanded during his reign. Subdueing Afghanistan and consolidating his authority elsewhere, Al-Mamun is renowned for his patronage of learning, commissioning translations of classical Greek texts.
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