The 870s

Explore 26 historical events from 870–879.

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870

Al-Muhtadi, Muslim caliph

Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh, better known by his regnal name al-Muhtadī bi-ʾLlāh, was the Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from July 869 …

Al-Muhtadi, Muslim caliph

870

Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar (born 810)

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī was a 9th-century Muslim muhaddith who is widely regarded as the most important hadith scholar in the history of…

Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar (born 810)