<page_title> Al-Wathiq </page_title> <section_title> Sources </section_title> <table> <cell> Preceded by Al-Mu'tasim <col_header> Sunni Islam titles </col_header> </cell> <cell> Caliph of Islam Abbasid Caliph 5 January 842 – 10 August 847 <col_header> Sunni Islam titles </col_header> </cell> </table>
Al-Wathiq succeeded Al-Mu'tasim on 5 January 842.