Editing Al-Muntasir (section)

{{Short description|11th Abbasid Caliph (r. 861–862)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = al-Muntasir bi-llah<br />المنتصر بالله
| title        = [[List of caliphs|Caliph]]<br />[[Commander of the Faithful]]
| image        = [[File:Dirhem of al-Muntasir, AH 247-248.jpg|300px]]
| alt          = 
| caption      = [[Dirham]] of al-Muntasir minted in [[Abbasid Samarra|Samarra]] in 862
| succession   = 11th [[Caliph]] of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]
| reign        = 11 December 861 – 7 June 862
| coronation   = 
| birth_date   = November 837
| birth_place  = Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate (modern [[Iraq]])
| death_date   = 7 June 862  (aged 24)
| death_place  = [[Abbasid Samarra|Samarra]], Abbasid Caliphate (modern [[Iraq]])
| spouse       = 
| spouse-type  = 
| issue        = Ahmad<ref name="Lowry">{{cite book | last=Lowry | first=J.E. | last2=Toorawa | first2=S.M. | title=Arabic Belles Lettres | publisher=Lockwood Press | series=Resources in Arabic and Islamic Studies | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-948488-11-2 | page=90}}</ref><br />Abd al-Wahab<ref name="Lowry"/><br />Ubaydullah<ref name="Lowry"/>
| full name    = Abu Ja'far Muḥammad ibn [[Al-Mutawakkil|Ja'far]] ibn [[al-Mu'tasim|Muḥammad]] ibn [[Harun al-Rashid|Hārūn]] al-Muntasir biʾLlāh
| house        = [[Abbasid dynasty|Abbasid]]
| house-type   = Dynasty
| father       = [[al-Mutawakkil]]
| mother       = [[Hubshiya al-Rumiyah|Hubshiya]]
| religion     = [[Sunni]] [[Islam]]
| type         = Caliph of [[Islam]]
| predecessor1 = [[al-Mutawakkil]]
| successor1   = [[al-Musta'in]]
| place of burial = [[Samarra]], now [[Saladin Governorate]], [[Iraq]]
}}

'''Abu Ja'far Muḥammad ibn [[Al-Mutawakkil|Ja'far]] ibn [[al-Mu'tasim|Muḥammad]] ibn [[Harun al-Rashid|Hārūn]] al-Muntasir biʾLlāh''' ({{langx|ar|أبو جعفر محمد}}; November 837 – 7 June 862), better known by his [[laqab|regnal title]] '''al-Muntasir biʾLlāh''' ({{lang|ar|المنتصر بالله}}, "He who triumphs in God") was the [[caliph]] of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] from 861 to 862, during the "[[Anarchy at Samarra]]". The power struggle between al-Muntasir and his brother, [[al-Mu'tazz]], backed by different factions, climaxed with the Turkic leaders plotting the murder of his father [[al-Mutawakkil]]. Following the assassination in 861, al-Muntasir assumed the caliphate with Turkic support.

His reign, lasting only six months, saw a shift in policies, including a more favorable stance towards the House of ʻAlī and the lifting of the ban on pilgrimage to the tombs of [[Hasan ibn Ali|Hassan]] and [[Husayn ibn Ali|Hussayn]]. Al-Muntasir engaged in military actions against the [[Byzantine Empire under the Amorian dynasty|Byzantines]], led by his general [[Wasif al-Turki]], but his sudden death in June 862 resulted in a change of leadership, and [[al-Musta'in]] succeeded him as caliph. The military campaign continued briefly, with Wasif achieving success before returning to [[Samarra]] due to the change in government.