Al-Mustansir I
| Abû Ja`far al-Mustansir bi-llah al-Mansûr ben az-Zâhir ابو جعفر المستنصر باللہ المنصور بن الظاھر | |
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| 36th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad | |
| Reign | 10 July 1226 – 5 December 1242 |
| Predecessor | az-Zahir |
| Successor | al-Musta'sim |
| Born | 17 February 1192 [1] Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, now Iraq |
| Died | 5 December 1242 (aged 50) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, now Iraq |
| Consort | Shahan |
| Issue | Al-Musta'sim |
| Father | az-Zahir |
| Religion | Islam |
Al-Mustansir Bi'llah (full name:Abû Ja`far al-Mustansir bi-llah al-Mansûr ben az-Zâhir[2] Surname Al-Mustansir)[3] was born in Baghdad on 1192. On his father's death in 1226 he has succeeded his father Az-Zahir as the thirty-sixth Abbasid Caliph. Al-Mustansir died on 5 December 1242.[4] His son Al-Musta'sim succeeded him as the caliph.
Mustansiriya Madrasah, was established in 1227 (or 1232/34 A.D. by some accounts) by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustansir and was one of the oldest universities in the world. Its building, located on the left bank of the Tigris River, survived the Mongol invasion and has been restored.
References
Sources
- This text is adapted from William Muir's public domain, The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall.
- Al-Maqrizi, Al Selouk Leme'refatt Dewall al-Melouk, Dar al-kotob, 1997.