Al-Nasir (Abbasid Caliph)

Timeline

1. 1180–1190Baghdad · BaghdadAfter succeeding his brother in 1180, he reorganized the court and guards, relying on military slaves and local emirs, and maintained Baghdad's nominal position as the spiritual leader of Islam amid Seljuk and Ayyubid pressures.
2. 1191–1200Baghdad · BaghdadDuring the Third Crusade he used religious authority to coordinate attitudes toward the Franks, maintained correspondence with the Ayyubids and Muslim powers everywhere, and attempted to integrate Nizari and other heretical sects to strengthen Sunni orthodoxy.
3. 1201–1225Baghdad · BaghdadIn the 1200s he continued to pursue military slavery and religious policies, interacting with rising powers such as Khwarazm; his 45-year reign was a relatively stable period of the late Abbasids, and after his death in 1225 caliphal authority declined further.