Template:Did you know nominations/Husayn ibn Hamdan

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 10:28, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Husayn ibn Hamdan edit

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... that during the attempted overthrow of the Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtadir in 908, Husayn ibn Hamdan killed the vizier, but failed to force the Caliph to surrender, leading to the coup's collapse?

Reviewed: Ancient Maya graffiti
Comment: ALT hook suggestions are welcome.

Improved to Good Article status by Cplakidas (talk). Self nominated at 09:31, 24 March 2015 (UTC).

Article is a new Good Article, and meets the minimum size guidelines. Offline sources are taken in good faith, including for the hook which is interesting enough for DYK (well, it made me pick the article to review in any case!). Miyagawa (talk) 21:25, 3 May 2015 (UTC)