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Al-Mustansir
Sign in to saveAlso known as Abû Ja`far al-Mustansir bi-llah al-Mansûr ben az-Zâhir, Al-Mustansir Bi'llah
36th and Penultimate Abbasid Caliph (r. 1226–1242)
Key facts
- Reign
- 10 July 1226 – 5 December 1242
- Predecessor
- al-Zahir
- Successor
- al-Musta'sim
- Born
- 17 February 1192 , Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, (now Iraq )
- Died
- 5 December 1242 (aged 50), Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Burial
- Baghdad
- Consort
- Shahan, Hajir
- Issue
- Al-Musta'sim
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Baghdad
- Place of death
- Baghdad
- Child
- Al-Musta'sim
- Father
- Az-Zahir
- Sibling
- Al-Mustansir II of Cairo
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Abbasids
- Image
- Dirham of Al-Mustansir, AH 623-640.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1192-00-00
- date of death
- 1242-00-00
- ethnic group
- Arabs
- name in native language
- المستنصر بالله
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Encyclopedic overview
DynastyAbbasid Fatheral-Zāhīr MotherZahra ReligionSunni Islam
Abu Ja'far al-Mansur ibn al-Zahir (17 February 1192 – 2 December 1242), commonly known as al-Mustansir I, was the 36th Abbasid caliph, ruling from 1226 to 1242. He succeeded al-Zahir as caliph in the year 1226, and was the penultimate caliph to rule from Baghdad. He was the second-to-last caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Mustansir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.