148 765 Feb. 27 Imam Ja`far as-Sadiq died. 149 766 " 16 150 767 " 6 151 768 Jan. 26 152 769 " 14 153 770 " 4 154 770 Dec. 24 155 771 " 13 156 772 " 2 157 773 Nov. 21 158 774 " 11 Al-Mahdi Khalif. 159 775 Oct. 31 160 776 " 19 161 777 " 9 162 778 Sept. 28 163 779 " 17 164 780 " 6 165 781 Aug. 26 166 782 " 15 167 783 " 5 168 784 July 24 169 785 " 14 Al-Hadi Khalif. 170 786 " 3 Harunu r-Rashid Khalif. 171 787 June 22 172 788 " 11 (Idrisids estab. in Morocco.) 173 789 May 31 174 790 " 20 175 791 " 10 176 792 Apr. 28 177 793 " 18 178 794 " 7 179 795 Mar. 27 180 796 " 16 181 797 " 5 182 798 Feb. 22 183 799 " 12 184 800 " 1 185 801 Jan. 20 186 802 " 10 187 802 Dec. 30 Fall of the Barmecides. 188 803 " 20 189 804 " 8 190 805 Nov. 27 191 806 " 17 192 807 " 6 193 808 Oct. 25 Al-Amin Khalif. 194 809 " 15 195 810 " 4 196 811 Sept. 23 197 812 " 12 198 813 " 1 Al-Ma´mun Khalif. 199 814 Aug. 22 200 815 " 11 201 816 July 30 202 817 " 20 203 818 " 9 204 819 June 28 Ash-Shafi`i died. 205 820 " 17 206 821 " 6 207 822 May 27 208 823 " 16 209 824 " 4 210 825 Apr. 24 211 826 " 13 212 827 " 2 Decree that Qur´an was created. 213 828 Mar. 22 214 829 " 11 215 830 Feb. 28 216 831 " 18 217 832 " 7 Bayt al-Hikma founded (circ.) 218 833 Jan. 27 Al-Mu`tasim Khalif, orthodox reaction. 219 834 " 16 (Capital removed to Samarra.) 220 835 " 5 221 835 Dec. 26 222 836 " 14 223 837 " 3 224 838 Nov. 23 225 839 " 12 226 840 Oct. 31 Abu Hudhayl died. 227 841 " 21 Al-Wasiq Khalif. 228 842 " 10 229 843 Sept. 30 230 844 " 18 231 845 " 7 An-Nazzam died. 232 846 Aug. 28 Al-Mutawakkil Khalif. 233 847 " 17 234 848 " 5 235 849 July 26 236 850 " 15 237 851 " 5 238 852 June 23 239 853 " 12 240 854 " 2 241 855 May 22 242 856 " 10 243 857 Apr. 30