Reign of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir

Name: Reign of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir
Start: 1180
End: 1225

Type Event Region Iraq Time 1180–1225

Abbasid caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah ruled Baghdad from 1180 until his death in 1225, pursuing military reform and balancing Ayyubid and Khwarazmian …

Timeline

1209Baghdad · MesopotamiaCaliph al-Nasir continued expanding the caliph's own armed forces (such as the ghulam corps) in Baghdad and reorganizing court administration, consolidating control over the Mesopotamian core through religious authority and military means.
1209–1210Baghdad · MesopotamiaBetween 1209 and 1210 al-Nasir maintained a delicate balance among the Ayyubids, the Zengids, and eastern Khwarazmian forces, using religious appeal and marriage diplomacy to prevent the caliphate from being absorbed.

Sources

The Caliphs and Their Non-Muslim Subjects: A Critical Study of the Covenant of Umar — Arthur Jeffery (1938)