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Al-Mustamsik
Sign in to saveAl-Mustamsik (, Abū ṣ-Ṣabr Yaʿqūb al-Mustamsik bi-Llāh; died 1521) was the sixteenth and penultimate Abbasid caliph of Cairo under the tutelage of the Mamluk Sultanate. He served as caliph twice, his first term from 1497 to 1508 and his second term from 1516 to 1517, when he abdicated the position to his son, al-Mutawakkil III. {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border="1" style="width:100%; text-align:center;" !The genealogy of the Abbasids including their rival Zaydi imams |- |
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- al-Mustamsik المستمسك بالله
- Royalty.succession
- 16th Caliph of Cairo(first period)
- Royalty.reign
- 27 September 1497–1508
- Royalty.predecessor
- al-Mutawakkil II
- Royalty.successor
- al-Mutawakkil III
- Royalty.succession1
- (second period)
- Royalty.reign1
- 1516–1517
- Royalty.predecessor1
- al-Mutawakkil III
- Royalty.successor1
- al-Mutawakkil III
- Royalty.birth_date
- 1470s
- Royalty.birth_place
- Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate (now Egypt)
- Royalty.death_date
- 1521
- Royalty.death_place
- Ottoman Empire
- Royalty.father
- al-Mutawakkil II
- Royalty.religion
- Islam
- Royalty.issue
- al-Mutawakkil III
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Cairo
- Place of death
- Istanbul
- Child
- Al-Mutawakkil III
- Father
- Al-Mutawakkil II
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- caliph
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- date of death
- 1521-00-00
- date of birth
- 1470-00-00
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Al-Mustamsik (, Abū ṣ-Ṣabr Yaʿqūb al-Mustamsik bi-Llāh; died 1521) was the sixteenth and penultimate Abbasid caliph of Cairo under the tutelage of the Mamluk Sultanate. He served as caliph twice, his first term from 1497 to 1508 and his second term from 1516 to 1517, when he abdicated the position to his son, al-Mutawakkil III. {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border="1" style="width:100%; text-align:center;" !The genealogy of the Abbasids including their rival Zaydi imams |- |
{|- style="vertical-align:top" | colspan=100% style="text-align:left" | Caliphs of the Abbasid Caliphate Caliphs of Cairo Zaydi imams |}
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