Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad al-Muʿtasim bi'llah (Arabic: جعفر بن محمد المعتصم بالله‎; March 822 – 11 December 861), better known by his regnal name al-Mutawakkil ʿala Allah (المتوكل على الله, "He who relies on God") was an Abbasid caliph who reigned in Samarra from 847 until 861. He succeeded his brother al-Wathiq and is known for putting an end to the Mihna "ordeal", the Inquisition-like attempt by his predecessors to impose a single Mu'tazili version of Islam.

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  • Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad al-Muʿtasim bi'llah (Arabic: جعفر بن محمد المعتصم بالله‎; March 822 – 11 December 861), better known by his regnal name al-Mutawakkil ʿala Allah (المتوكل على الله, "He who relies on God") was an Abbasid caliph who reigned in Samarra from 847 until 861. He succeeded his brother al-Wathiq and is known for putting an end to the Mihna "ordeal", the Inquisition-like attempt by his predecessors to impose a single Mu'tazili version of Islam.
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  • (المتوكل على الله جعفر بن المعتصم)
  • Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim al-Mutawakkil 'ala Allah
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  • Mutawakkil
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  • Caliph
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