Al-Ma'mun (disambiguation)
Appearance
Pronunciation | al-Ma'mun Mamun |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Semitic (Arabic) |
Meaning | Trustworthy, Trusted, Reliable. |
Region of origin | Arabia (Middle East) |
Al-Ma'mun (Arabic: المأمون) was the seventh Abbasid caliph, ruling from 813 to his death in 833. The name 'al-Ma'mun' means 'trustworthy', 'trusted', and 'reliable', and was also borne by:
- Ma'mun I ibn Muhammad (died 997), Khwarazmshah
- Ma'mun II (died 1017), Khwarazmshah
- al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi (died 1128), vizier to the Fatimid caliph al-Amir
- al-Mamun of Toledo (died 1075), Taifa king and a member of the Banu Dil-Nun dynasty
- Idris al-Ma'mun (died 1232), was a rival Almohad ruler who reigned from 1229-1232