Al-Qa'im (Abbasid caliph)

Type Figure Region Iraq Time c. 1001–1075 Also known as al-Qa'im、Abbasid caliph

Al-Qa'im (c. 1001–1075), twenty-sixth Abbasid caliph, reigned 1031–1075; after the Seljuk Tughril entered Baghdad in 1055 he remained a nominal calip…

Timeline

1031–1054Baghdad · BaghdadAfter accession, al-Qa'im maintained the nominal authority of the Sunni caliph in Baghdad, but real power was already constrained by local military factions and remnants of the Buyids, with central control steadily weakening.
1055–1060Baghdad · BaghdadIn 1055 Tughril led Seljuk forces into Baghdad, and al-Qa'im granted him the title of sultan; thereafter the caliphate survived in religious and symbolic terms, while governance and military power fell to Seljuk control.

Sources

Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: al-Ka'im
The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods — J. A. Boyle (1968)