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al-Mustansir
- For the eighth Fatimid Caliph, see Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah.
Al-Mustansir (1176 – 1242) (Arabic: المستنصر بالله) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1226 to 1242. He was the son of az-Zahir and the grandson of an-Nasir. There is little said of him beyond that he was mild and virtuous. Like his father, he remained a symbolic Caliph with little political influence. His lasting contribution was the founding of the Al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa on the banks of the Tigris in 1233, now part of the University of Baghdad.
References
- This text is adapted from William Muir's public domain, The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall.
| Preceded by az-Zahir |
Caliph 1226–1242 |
Succeeded by al-Musta'sim |
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