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Al-Muntasir () was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 861 to 862 . His pious title means ''He that Triumphs in the Lord''. Al-Muntasir succeeded smoothly to the throne of the Caliphate in the year 861 with the support of the Turkish faction after the murder of his father by a Turkish soldier. Al-Muntasir was implicated in the crime. The Turkish party then prevailed on al-Muntasir to remove his brothers from the succession, fearing revenge for the murder of their father. In their place, he was to appoint his son as heir-apparent. Al-Muntasir was lauded because, unlike his father, he loved the house of ˤAlī ( Shīˤa ) and removed the ban on pilgrimage to the tombs of Hassan and Hussayn . Al-Muntasir's reign lasted less than half a year; it ended with his death of unknown causes in 862 . He is first Abbasid whose tomb is known; it was made by his mother, a Greek slave-girl. Earlier caliphs desired their tombs to be kept secret for fear of desecration. REFERENCES
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