Al-Musta'sim
Sign in to save'''Abu Ahmad Abdallah ibn al-Mustansir bi'llah (), better known by his regnal title Al-Mustaʿṣim bi-llāh''' (; 1213 – 20 February 1258), was the 37th and last caliph from the Abbasid dynasty ruling from Baghdad. He held the title from 1242 until his death in 1258.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- al-Musta'sim Billah
- Royalty.image
- Dinar Abbasside - al-Musta'sim bi-llah - 641 AH (cropped).jpg
- Royalty.image_size
- 300px
- Royalty.caption
- Dinar minted under al-Musta'sim's rule
- Royalty.title
- KhalīfahAmir al-Mu'minin
- Royalty.succession
- Caliph of the Abbasid dynasty
- Royalty.reign
- 5 December 1242 – 20 February 1258 (15 years 2 months 15 days)
- Royalty.predecessor
- al-Mustansir
- Royalty.successor
- Position abolished al-Mustansir bi'llah (caliph of Cairo)
- Royalty.birth_date
- 1213
- Royalty.birth_place
- Baghdad
- Royalty.death_date
- 20 February 1258 (aged 45)
- Royalty.death_place
- Baghdad
- Royalty.burial_place
- Al-Musta'sim Billah Mosque, Adhamiyah, Baghdad, Iraq
- Royalty.full name
- Abu Ahmad Abdallah ibn al-Mustansir al-Musta'sim Billah
- Royalty.dynasty
- Abbasid
- Royalty.father
- al-Mustansir
- Royalty.mother
- Hajir
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Abdullah
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Baghdad
- Place of death
- Baghdad
- Father
- Al-Mustansir
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Abbasids
- Conflict
- Siege of Baghdad
- Image
- Caliph al-Musta'ṣim (detail). Folio 89v (British Library, Or 2780).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1212-00-00
- date of death
- 1258-02-20
- name in native language
- المستعصم بالله
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- ethnic group
- Arabs
- Commons category
- Al-Musta'sim
- relative
- Al-Mustansir II of Cairo
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- Biography
- Siege of Baghdad
- Siege
- Destruction and massacre
- Aftermath
- Legacy
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- References
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'''Abu Ahmad Abdallah ibn al-Mustansir bi'llah (), better known by his regnal title Al-Mustaʿṣim bi-llāh (; 1213 – 20 February 1258), was the 37th and last caliph from the Abbasid dynasty ruling from Baghdad. He held the title from 1242 until his death in 1258.
==Biography== Abu Ahmad Abdallah (future caliph Al-Musta'sim''') was a son of the Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir, and his mother was Hajir. He was born in 1213. After the death of his father, al-Musta'sim succeeded to the throne in late 1242.
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