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A fact from Al-Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 June 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Arab princeAl-Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun refused to take the throne even though he was the only son of the previous caliph and had the support of the army?
