Al-Mustansir I
Appearance
Al-Mustansir Bi'llah (full name:Abû Ja`far al-Mustansir bi-llah al-Mansûr ben az-Zâhir[1] Surname Al-Mustansir)[2] was born in Baghdad on 1192. On his father's death in [[1226) he has succeeded his father Az-Zâhir as the thirty-sixth Abbasid caliph. Al-Mustansir died on December 2, 1242 [3]. His son Al-Musta'sim succeeded him as the caliph.
Mustansiriya Madrasah, was established in 1227 (or 1232/34 A.D. by some accounts) by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustansir and was one of the oldest universities in the world. Its building, located on the left bank of the Tigris River, survived the Mongol invasion and has been restored.
References
Sources
- This text is adapted from William Muir's public domain, The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall.
- Al-Maqrizi, Al Selouk Leme'refatt Dewall al-Melouk, Dar al-kotob, 1997.