Al-Mustansir II
1st Abbasid Caliph in Mamluk Cairo (died 1261) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the 13th-century Abbasid caliph at Cairo. For the 11th-century Fatimid caliph, see Al-Mustansir Billah. For other uses, see al-Mustansir (disambiguation).
Abu'l-Qasim Ahmad al-Mustansir (Arabic: أبو القاسم أحمد المستنصر), (c. 1210 – 28 November 1261) was the first Abbasid caliph to rule in Cairo and who was subservient to the Mamluk Sultanate. He reigned from June 1261 to 28 November 1261.
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Abu'l-Qasim Ahmad al-Mustansir أبو القاسم أحمد المستنصر | |
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1st Caliph of Cairo | |
Tenure | 13 June 1261 – 28 November 1261 |
Predecessor | Al-Musta'sim (as Abbasid caliph in Baghdad) |
Successor | Al-Hakim I |
Born | 1210s Baghdad, Iraq |
Died | 28 November 1261 Fallujah, Hit, Iraq |
Father | al-Zahir |
Mother | Hayat |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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