Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Mu'tadid

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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 13:03, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Al-Mu'tadid[edit]

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... that the Caliph al-Mu'tadid managed to halt the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate during his reign, but at the cost of a huge bureaucracy and some 80 percent of expenditure going to the army?

Reviewed: Sava
Comment: Alt hook suggestions welcome

5x expanded by Cplakidas (talk). Self nominated at 09:06, 4 October 2013 (UTC).

Article is a recent GA and is fully cited and over the minimum size requirement. The hook is interesting enough and directly cited. Good to go. Miyagawa (talk) 19:46, 7 October 2013 (UTC)