page_title: Al-Mahdi
hierarchical_section_title: Al-Mahdi
caption_attribution_description: English: Abbasid Dinar (3.90 g, 17 mm) - Al Mahdi - 167 AH / 783 AD
context_page_description: Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Abdallah al-Mansur, better known by his regnal name al-Mahdi, was the third Abbasid Caliph who reigned from 775 to his death in 785. He succeeded his father, al-Mansur.
context_section_description: Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Abdallah al-Mansur (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله المنصور‎; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdi (المهدي, "He who is guided by God"), was the third Abbasid Caliph who reigned from 775 to his death in 785. He succeeded his father, al-Mansur.
caption: Gold Dinar of Al-Mahdi
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