CALIPHATE\u00a0OF AL-W\u0100THIQ (227-232\/842-847)<\/p>\n
1. The bay’ah was given to al-W\u0101thiq,\u00a0i.e. H\u0101r\u016bn ibn al-Mu’tasim – his mother was a umm walad named Qar\u0101tis, on the same day\u00a0that al-Mu’tasim died. He left the\u00a0internal affairs as they were in the days of al-Mu’tasim, He built the palace known\u00a0by the name of al-H\u0101r\u016bni, and moved there.\u00a0 Al-W\u0101thiq argued that the Qur’an was created, and this theory\u00a0he inculcated, until it was accepted by Ahmad ibn Abi D\u0101w\u016bd and Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Malik az-Zayy\u0101t, his minister.\u00a0 Al-W\u0101thiq sent letters to all the provinces\u00a0in which he asked [his governors] to induce all Muslims to support the creation of the Koran by writing to the mosques.\u00a0 But the Muslims\u00a0considered that\u00a0such a\u00a0proposal was insolent and oppressive, and they vigorously refused to accept it.\u00a0 All those who rejected\u00a0this claim, or who did not approve, or who did not support it, were\u00a0flogged, imprisoned\u00a0or killed.\u00a0 His caliphate lasted five years, seven months and thirteen days.<\/p>\n
2. Theophilus, king of the R\u016bm, died.\u00a0 After him\u00a0Michael, son of Theophilus, was made king.\u00a0 In the second year of the caliphate of al-W\u0101thiq,\u00a0there\u00a0was made patriarch of Jerusalem Sergius, son of that Mans\u016br who had helped the Muslims to conquer Damascus and had been hit by anathema everywhere in the world.\u00a0 He held the office for sixteen years and died.\u00a0 In the sixth year of his caliphate\u00a0there was made\u00a0patriarch of Antioch Nicholas.\u00a0 He held the office\u00a0for twenty-three years and died.<\/p>\n
3. Al-W\u0101thiq died on Wednesday, six days before the end of the month of Dh\u016b’l-hi\u011f\u011fa of the year 232, at the age of thirty-four.\u00a0 Al-W\u0101thiq was of medium stature,\u00a0fair in\u00a0body, and had a wide chest, a thick beard and a bit of white in the eye. The chief of his bodyguard was Ish\u0101q ibn Ibr\u0101him and his hu\u011f\u011f\u0101b were the\u00a0freedman It\u0101h at-Turk\u012b, the\u00a0freedman Bugh\u0101 at-Turk\u012b, the\u00a0freedman Wasif at-Turk\u012b, Muhammad ibn Hamm\u0101d b. Danqash\u00a0and Muhammad ibn \u2018\u0100sim al-Gabal\u012b. His hu\u011fg\u0101b for the audience of the people were also Ya’q\u016bb ibn Ibr\u0101him, Qawsara\u00a0 and Att\u0101b ibn ‘Att\u0101b.\u00a0 His influential advisers were Ahmad ibn Abi D\u0101w\u016bd and Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Malik az-Zayy\u0101t.<\/p>\n
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