Samarra becomes the caliph's capital
The caliph moves his Turkic guard to a new city on the Tigris
Caliph al-Mu'tasim, whose Turkic guard clashed with the people of Baghdad, moved his capital to the new city of Samarra further up the Tigris. The Great Mosque with its spiral Malwiya minaret was built there. Samarra remained the caliphs' seat until 892, while the guard took to making and unmaking caliphs.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 843 Treaty of Verdun — 7 years later
Africa
- 859 Fatima al-Fihri founds al-Qarawiyyin — 23 years later
Asia
- c. 850 Prambanan — 14 years later
Alive at the time
- Louis the Pious (aged 58)
- Al-Khwarizmi (aged 56)
- Charles the Bald (aged 13)
- Rurik (aged 6)