Within a few months, in April 892, al-Mu 'tadid had his cousin removed from the succession--and probably killed--so that when al-Mu'tamid died in October, possibly poisoned, he succeeded to the throne as caliph.
In April 892, al-Mu 'tadid had his cousin removed from the succession--and probably killed--so that when al-Mu'tamid died in October poisoned, he succeeded to the throne as caliph. This was within a few months. This was possibly.