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People: Antigonus II Mattathias
Topic: Religion, Seventh War of (”Lovers' War”)
Location: Tmutarakan Krasnodar Krai Russia

Al-Mu'tasim, having succeeded his brother to become …

Years: 833 - 833

Al-Mu'tasim, having succeeded his brother to become the eighth 'Abbasid caliph, concludes an indeterminate peace with Emperor Theophilos.

Al-Mu'tasim is the first caliph to employ the non-Muslim Berber, Slav, and especially Turkish mercenaries (who will later come to dominate the Abbasid dynasty).

To strengthen himself against the troublesome Khorasanians, Al-Mu'tasim inaugurates a policy of importing enslaved Turkish men and mercenaries to form a special military corps.

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The Near and Middle East (833 - 833)
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