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Al-Musta'sim (Cairo)

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Al-Musta'sim
المستعصم
8th Caliph of Cairo
Reign1377,1386–1389
PredecessorAl-Mutawakkil I (1377)
Al-Wathiq II (1386)
SuccessorAl-Mutawakkil I (1377)
Al-Mutawakkil I (1389)
Bornunknown
Died1389
FatherAl-Wathiq I
ReligionSunni Islam

Al-Musta'sim (Arabic: المستعصم بالله), also known as al-Mu'tasim (Arabic: المعتصم باالله), served twice (first in 1377, then again in 1386–1389) the eighth Caliph of Cairo under the tutelage of the Mamluk Sultanate.

Bibliography

  • Garcin, Jean-Claude (1967). "Histoire, opposition, politique et piétisme traditionaliste dans le Ḥusn al Muḥādarat de Suyûti" [History, opposition, politics and traditionalistic pietism in Suyuti's Ḥusn al Muḥādarat] (PDF). Annales Islamologiques (in French). 7. Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale: 33–90. Archived from the original (PDF, 14.62 MB) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  • Holt, P. M. (1984). "Some Observations on the 'Abbāsid Caliphate of Cairo". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 47 (3). University of London: 501–507. JSTOR 618882.
Al-Musta'sim (Cairo)
Born:  ? Died: 1389
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by Caliph of Cairo
1377
Succeeded by
Preceded by Caliph of Cairo
1386–1389
Succeeded by