Though frequently noted in the Anghani for his interest in poetry and stinginess to poets who praised other rulers, this man once allowed ibn Harma to indulge his love of wine.
Though frequently noted in the Anghani for his interest in poetry and stinginess to poets who praised other rulers, this man once allowed ibn Harma to indulge his love of wine. His insufficiently extreme religious views incited the assassination attempt of the messianic Rawandiya cult, and during his reign, the anti-Arab and pro-Persian Shu'ubiyya movement began. Also noted for being the first caliph to commission translations of the Sindhind and the Almagest into Arabic, this ruler earlier defeated the Zoroastrian revivalist movement of Sunbadh, whose rebellion was in response to this man's murder of his ally from Khorasan, Abu Muslim. He came to power after the death of his brother al-Saffah and was noted for his hostility to Alids and Shiites. He was succeeded by his son al-Mahdi and he moved the capital of the caliphate to a city where the House of Wisdom would be built. For 10 points, name this ruler known for establishing the capital at Baghdad during his reign as the second caliph of the Abbasids.
Though frequently noted in the Anghani for his interest in poetry and stinginess to poets who praised other rulers, this man once allowed ibn Harma to indulge his love of wine.
Abu {Jafar al}-{Mansur}