Al-Mahdi

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Manṣūr (744/745 – 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdi, was the third Caliph of the Abbasid Empire, ruling from 775 until his death in 785.
Upon his succession to caliph, al-Mahdi freed and elevated concubine al-Khayzuran to the status of a legal wife. After his death, al-Khayzuran acted as the Caliphate's de facto ruler,Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Database: Caliph's Mother and she would maintain great influence during the reigns of her sons al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid.
==Appearances==
*Echoes of History 
*Assassin's Creed: Mirage 
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