1. Al-Amin succeeded his father, Harun al-Rashid, in 809 and ruled until he was deposed and killed in 813, during the civil war by his half-brother, al-Ma'mun.
20 Facts About Al-Amin
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Al-Amin would succeed Harun in Baghdad, but al-Ma'mun would remain al-Amin's heir and would additionally rule over an enlarged Khurasan.
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Al-Amin was pardoned, and nothing more is known of him after.
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Al-Amin sought to turn al-Ma'mun's financial agent in Rayy against al-Ma'mun and he ordered al-Ma'mun to acknowledge al-Amin's son Musa as heir and return to Baghdad.
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Al-Amin's mother was Persian and he had strong support in Iran.
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Al-Amin was prompted to move against al-Ma'mun by meddlesome ministers, especially al-Fadl ibn al-Rabi'.
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Al-Amin had Harun's succession documents brought from Mecca to Baghdad, where he destroyed them.
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Al-Amin denied al-Ma'mun's request for his family and money and kept them in Baghdad.
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Al-Amin sent Abd al-Malik ibn Salih to restore order there.
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Al-Amin faced an uprising in Baghdad led by Ali ibn Isa's son Husayn.
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Al-Amin died during his reign, and he mourned her loss deeply.
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Al-Amin asserted that she was the daughter of Ja'far ibn Yahya, a member of the Barmakid family, and claimed that she was abducted and sold as a child when the Barmakids lost their influence.
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Al-Amin acquired her and subsequently sold her to his brother al-Ma'mun.
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Al-Amin gained recognition as a prominent poet, singer, and musician.
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Al-Amin later married al-Haytham ibn Bassam and bore him a son named Abdullah.
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Al-Amin was a singer, who had been trained and presented to al-Amin by his uncle Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi.
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Al-Amin had been formerly a concubine of al-Amin's cousin Ja'far bin al-Hadi.
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Al-Amin was a songstress and was one of his favourites.
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Al-Amin tried to nominate his sons, Musa and Abdullah, as heirs.
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Al-Amin tried to leave on a boat, apparently with these symbols, rejecting warnings to wait.