Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (b. 764)
Abu Muhammad Musa ibn al-Mahdi al-Hadi (Arabic: أبو محمد موسى بن المهدي الهادي; 26 April 764 CE – 14 September 786 CE) better known by his laqab Al-Hadi (الهادي) was the fourth Arab Abbasid caliph who succeeded his father Al-Mahdi and ruled from 169 AH (785 CE) until his death in 170 AH (786 CE). His short reign ended with internal chaos and power struggles with his mother.
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Battle of Fakhkh
A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh. Idris ibn Abdallah flees to the Maghreb, where he later founds the Idrisid dynasty.