Al-Mustansir

Al-Mustansir (died 1242) (المستنصر بالله) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1226 to 1242. He was the son of az-Zahir and the grandson of an-Nasir. There is little said of him beyond that he was mild and virtuous. Like his father, he remained a symbolic Caliph with little political influence. His lasting contribution was the founding of the Al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa on the banks of the Tigris in 1233.

References

• This text is adapted from William Muir's public domain, The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall.

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