Al-Wathiq

Al - Wathiq bi- ' llāh, Haaroon ibn al - Mu'tasim (Arabic الواثق بالله هارون بن المعتصم, DMG al - Wāṯiq bi- ' llāh Haaroon b al -Mu ʿ tasim; . * 816, † 10 August 847) was the ninth Abbasid Caliph ( 842-847 ).

Abu Jafar Harun al - Wathiq succeeded his father al - Mutasim to ( 833-842 ). His reign was characterized primarily by the revolt of the Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym in the Hejaz ( 844-847 ), which could be suppressed in lengthy fights. In addition, al - Wathiq tried on the enforcement of the doctrine of the Mu'tazilites.

Al - Wathiq died on 10 August 847, his brother al - Mutawakkil ( 847-861 ) sat over against the sons of al - Wathiq by as the new caliph.

In the Western literature al - Wathiq occurs in the English Gothic novel Vathek by William Beckford (1786 ). In this fantastic story his unquenchable thirst for knowledge and his pursuit of power the Caliph 's undoing and bring him to ruin.

• Caliph ( Abbasid )
• Born 816
• Died 847
• Man