Talk:Al-Wathiq

Latest comment: 16 years ago by Anomalocaris in topic Start of caliph term
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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the 9th-century Abbasid caliph al-Wathiq, whose five-year reign is considered by historians to be unremarkable, was heavily fictionalized in the 18th-century Gothic fantasy novel Vathek?
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Start of caliph term edit

The article says that he "reigned from 842 until 847 AD" and "He succeeded his father, al-Mutasim, being hailed caliph on the day his father died, December 26, 841." So, did his caliph term start in 841 or 842? Anomalocaris 16:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC)Reply