Salih ibn Wasif
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Salih ibn Wasif (Arabic: صالح بن وصيف; died c. 29 January 870[1]) was a Turkic officer in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate. The son of Wasif, a central figure during the Anarchy at Samarra, Salih briefly seized power in the capital Samarra and deposed the caliph al-Mu'tazz in 869, but he was later defeated by the general Musa ibn Bugha and killed in the following year.
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Salih ibn Wasif صالح بن وصيف | |
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Born | Abbasid Caliphate |
Died | c. 29 January 870 Samārra, Abbasid Caliphate |
Allegiance | Abbasid Caliphate |
Service/ | Abbasid Turkic regiment |
Years of service | c. 866 – 870 |
Rank | Military officer |
Battles/wars | Abbasid civil war (865–866) |
Relations | Wasif (father) |
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