Al-Mustansir
36th and Penultimate Abbasid Caliph (r. 1226-1242) · Lived 1192 to 1242 · aged 50
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Something wrong?Abu Ja'far al-Mansur ibn al-Zahir, commonly known as al-Mustansir I, was the 36th Abbasid caliph, ruling from 1226 to 1242. He succeeded al-Zahir as caliph in the year 1226, and was the penultimate caliph to rule from Baghdad. He was the second-to-last caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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![The name of Caliph al-Mustansir appears in this contemporary painting from folio 164v of the Maqamat al-Hariri, 1237 edition (BNF Arabe 5847).[3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Name_of_Caliph_al-Mustansir_in_drawing_of_folio_164v_Maqamat_al-Hariri_1237_edition_%28BNF_Arabe_5847%29.jpg/1280px-Name_of_Caliph_al-Mustansir_in_drawing_of_folio_164v_Maqamat_al-Hariri_1237_edition_%28BNF_Arabe_5847%29.jpg)
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