Al-Mustansir (Cairo)
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| Al-Mustansir المستنصر بالله الثاني |
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| 38th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate 1st Abbasid Caliph in Cairo |
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| Reign | 13 June 1261– 28 November 1261 |
| Predecessor | Al-Musta'sim |
| Successor | Al-Hakim I |
| Died | 28 November 1261 |
| Issue | Al-Hakim I (possibly) |
| Father | Al-Hasan, son of Abu Bakr, son of Al-Mustarshid |
| Religion | Islam |
Al-Mustansir (Arabic: المستنصر بالله الثاني) was a member of the Abbasid house who, following the sack of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, was installed as Caliph in Cairo, Egypt by the Mamluk Sultans in 1261. He was sent with an army east to recover Baghdad, but was killed in a Mongol ambush in 1261, and was succeeded by his kinsman (and rival caliph, having been proclaimed by the ruler of Aleppo) Al-Hakim I. The line of Cairo caliphs he founded lasted until the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517, but they were little more than religious figureheads for the Mamluks.
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Al-Mustansir (Cairo)
Born: ? Died: 1262 |
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| Recreated
Title last held by
Al-Musta'simas Caliph in Baghdad |
Caliph of Islam 1261–1262 |
Succeeded by Al-Hakim I |
