Al-Mustansir
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For the eighth Fatimid Caliph, see Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah.
Al-Mustansir (died 1242) (Arabic: المستنصر بالله) was the penultimate Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1226 to 1242. He was the son of az-Zahir and the grandson of an-Nasir. His lasting contribution was the founding of the Mustansiriya Madrasah on the banks of the Tigris in 1233.
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- This text is adapted from William Muir's public domain, The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall.
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Al-Mustansir
Born: 1192 Died: 1242 |
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| Preceded by az-Zahir |
Caliph of Islam 1226–1242 |
Succeeded by al-Musta'sim |
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