Al-Mustansir I

Al-Mustansir Bi'llah (full name:Abû Ja`far al-Mustansir bi-llah al-Mansûr bin az-Zâhir surname Al-Mustansir), (17 February 1192 – 2 December 1242) was the Caliph of the Abbasid dynasty from 1226 to 1242. He succeeded Caliph Az-Zahir in the year 1226 and was the penultimate caliph to rule from Baghdad.

This article is about the 13th-century Abbasid caliph in Baghdad. For the Abbasid caliph in Cairo, see al-Mustansir II. For the 11th-century Fatimid caliph, see al-Mustansir Billah. For other uses, see al-Mustansir (disambiguation).
Mansûr al-Mustansir bi-llah
المنصور المستنصر بالله
Khalīfah
Amir al-Mu'minin
Dirham of al-Mustansir
36th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
Reign10 July 1226 – 5 December 1242
Predecessoral-Zahir
Successoral-Musta'sim
Born17 February 1192
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, (now Iraq)
Died5 December 1242 (aged 50)
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial
Baghdad
ConsortShahan
Hajir
IssueAl-Musta'sim
Names
Abu Ja`far Mansûr al-Mustansir bi-llah ibn az-Zâhir
DynastyAbbasid
Fatheral-Zahir
MotherZahra
ReligionSunni Islam
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