Al-Mustazhir
Sign in to save'''Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abdallah al-Muqtadi () usually known simply by his regnal name Al-Mustazhir billah''' () (b. April/May 1078 – 6 August 1118 d.) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1094 to 1118. He succeeded his father al-Muqtadi as the Caliph. The main and important events during his reign are; appearance of the First Crusade in Western Syria, Muslim protest in Baghdad against crusaders, his efforts to help Mawdud to organize several expeditions to reconquer lands from the Crusaders.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Al-Mustazhir المستظهر
- Royalty.title
- Khalīfah Amir al-Mu'minin
- Royalty.succession
- 28th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
- Royalty.reign
- 3 February 1094 – 6 August 1118
- Royalty.predecessor
- Al-Muqtadi
- Royalty.successor
- Al-Mustarshid
- Royalty.birth_date
- April/May 1078
- Royalty.birth_place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.death_date
- 6 August 1118 (aged 40)
- Royalty.death_place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.burial_place
- Baghdad
- Royalty.spouse type
- Consort
- Royalty.house
- Abbasid
- Royalty.house type
- Dynasty
- Royalty.father
- Al-Muqtadi
- Royalty.mother
- Tayf al-Khayal
- Royalty.religion
- Sunni Islam
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ahmad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Baghdad
- Place of death
- Baghdad
- Spouse
- Isma Khatun
- Child
- Al-Mustarshid
- Father
- Al-Muqtadi
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Abbasids
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- date of birth
- 1078-05-01
- date of death
- 1118-08-06
- ethnic group
- Arabs
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Biography
- Family
- Succession
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- References
'''Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abdallah al-Muqtadi () usually known simply by his regnal name Al-Mustazhir billah''' () (b. April/May 1078 – 6 August 1118 d.) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1094 to 1118. He succeeded his father al-Muqtadi as the Caliph. The main and important events during his reign are; appearance of the First Crusade in Western Syria, Muslim protest in Baghdad against crusaders, his efforts to help Mawdud to organize several expeditions to reconquer lands from the Crusaders.
==Biography== Al-Mustazhir's father was caliph Al-Muqtadi. His mother was Tayf al-Khayal, a Turkish concubine. He was born in 1078 (the 5th Islamic century). Al-Mustazhir's full name was Ahmad ibn Abdallah al-Muqtadi and his kunya was ''Abu'l-Abbas''.
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