Al-Mustarshid
Sign in to saveAlso known as Abū Manṣūr al-Mustarshid
Abu Mansur al-Faḍl ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir (; 1092 – 29 August 1135) better known by his regnal name Al-Mustarshid Billah () was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1118 to 1135. He was son of his predecessor, caliph al-Mustazhir. He succeeded his father in the year 1118 as the Abbasid caliph.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1946-04-13
Discography
- Back Up Train1967
- Green Is Blues1969
- Gets Next to You1971
- Let’s Stay Together1972
- I’m Still in Love With You1972
- Call Me1973
- Livin’ for You1973
- Explores Your Mind1974
- Al Green Is Love1975
- Full of Fire1976
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Al-Mustarshid Billah المسترشد بالله
- Royalty.image
- Al-Mustarshid Billah (cropped).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Cropped Persian miniature of Al-Mustarshid Billah
- Royalty.title
- Khalīfah Amir al-Mu'minin
- Royalty.succession
- 29th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
- Royalty.reign
- 6 August 1118 – 29 August 1135
- Royalty.predecessor
- al-Mustazhir
- Royalty.successor
- al-Rashid
- Royalty.birth_date
- April/May 1092
- Royalty.birth_place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.death_date
- 29 August 1135 (aged 43)
- Royalty.death_place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.full name
- Abu Mansur al-Faḍl ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir Al-Mustarshid bi'llah
- Royalty.era name
- Later Abbasid era
- Royalty.era dates
- 12th century
- Royalty.father
- Al-Mustazhir
- Royalty.mother
- Lubaba
- Royalty.spouse type
- Consort
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Baghdad
- Place of death
- Hamadan
- Father
- Al-Mustazhir
- Sibling
- Al-Muqtafi
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Family
- Abbasids
- Image
- Al-Mustarshid Billah (cropped).jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of death
- 1135-08-29
- date of birth
- 1092-04-01
- manner of death
- homicide
- cause of death
- stab wound
- name in native language
- المسترشد بالله
- Commons category
- Al-Mustarshid
- relative
- Al-Mustanjid
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Family
- Succession
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- Sources
Abu Mansur al-Faḍl ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir (; 1092 – 29 August 1135) better known by his regnal name Al-Mustarshid Billah () was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1118 to 1135. He was son of his predecessor, caliph al-Mustazhir. He succeeded his father in the year 1118 as the Abbasid caliph.
== Biography == Al-Mustarshid was born in 1092. He was son of Caliph Al-Mustazhir. His mother was a Slavic concubine named Lubanah. She was from Baghdad. His was named Al-Fadl by his father. His full name was Al-Fadl ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir and his Kunya was Abu Mansur. After the death of his father in 1118, he succeeded him as Caliph. He achieved more independence as a ruler while the Seljuk sultan Mahmud II was engaged in war in the East.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Mustarshid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.