(The Augustan period of Arabian letters.)

8. Al-Muʿtaṣim, A.H. 218 (A.D. 833).

(Makes the city of Saumara his capital; decline of the K͟halīfate.)

9. Al-Wās̤iq, A.H. 227 (A.D. 841).

10. Al-Mutawakkil, A.H. 232 (A.D. 847).

(A persecutor of the Jews and Christians; murdered.)

11. Al-Muntaṣir, A.H. 247 (A.D. 861).

12. Al-Mustaʿīn, A.H. 248 (A.D. 862).

13. Al-Muʿtazz, A.H. 252 (A.D. 866).

14. Al-Muhtadī, A.H. 255 (A.D. 869).