Al-Mustazhir
Sign in to save'''Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abdallah al-Muqtadi () usually known simply by his regnal name Al-Mustazhir billah''' () (b. April/May 1078 – 6 August 1118 d.) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1094 to 1118. He succeeded his father al-Muqtadi as the Caliph. The main and important events during his reign are; appearance of the First Crusade in Western Syria, Muslim protest in Baghdad against crusaders, his efforts to help Mawdud to organize several expeditions to reconquer lands from the Crusaders.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Al-Mustazhir المستظهر
- Royalty.title
- Khalīfah Amir al-Mu'minin
- Royalty.succession
- 28th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
- Royalty.reign
- 3 February 1094 – 6 August 1118
- Royalty.predecessor
- Al-Muqtadi
- Royalty.successor
- Al-Mustarshid
- Royalty.birth_date
- April/May 1078
- Royalty.birth_place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.death_date
- 6 August 1118 (aged 40)
- Royalty.death_place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Royalty.burial_place
- Baghdad
- Royalty.spouse type
- Consort
- Royalty.house
- Abbasid
- Royalty.house type
- Dynasty
- Royalty.father
- Al-Muqtadi
- Royalty.mother
- Tayf al-Khayal
- Royalty.religion
- Sunni Islam
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ahmad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Baghdad
- Place of death
- Baghdad
- Spouse
- Isma Khatun
- Child
- Al-Mustarshid
- Father
- Al-Muqtadi
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Abbasids
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- date of birth
- 1078-05-01
- date of death
- 1118-08-06
- ethnic group
- Arabs
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Biography
- Family
- Succession
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- References
'''Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abdallah al-Muqtadi () usually known simply by his regnal name Al-Mustazhir billah''' () (b. April/May 1078 – 6 August 1118 d.) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1094 to 1118. He succeeded his father al-Muqtadi as the Caliph. The main and important events during his reign are; appearance of the First Crusade in Western Syria, Muslim protest in Baghdad against crusaders, his efforts to help Mawdud to organize several expeditions to reconquer lands from the Crusaders.
==Biography== Al-Mustazhir's father was caliph Al-Muqtadi. His mother was Tayf al-Khayal, a Turkish concubine. He was born in 1078 (the 5th Islamic century). Al-Mustazhir's full name was Ahmad ibn Abdallah al-Muqtadi and his kunya was ''Abu'l-Abbas''.
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