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al-Mustansir (Baghdad)

Type Figure Region Iraq Time 1192–1242 Also known as Abu Ja'far Mansur、Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir

al-Mustansir (17 Feb 1192 – 5 Dec 1242) was the thirty-sixth Abbasid caliph, succeeding his father al-Zahir in 1226;…

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  1. 1226–1234Baghdad · Baghdadal-Mustansir succeeded his father al-Zahir on 10 July 1226. He presided over religious ceremonies and investitures in Baghdad and founded the Mustansiriya madrasa (completed c. 1227–1234), an important school of jurisprudence in Baghdad.
  2. 1233–1242Baghdad · BaghdadIn 1233 the ruler of Erbil, Muzaffar al-Din Gökböri, died without an heir and the city passed under caliphal control. al-Mustansir died in Baghdad on 5 December 1242, succeeded by his son al-Musta'sim, the last Abbasid caliph of Baghdad.

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