Mansûr al-Mustansir bi-llah المنصور المستنصر بالله | |||||
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Khalīfah Amir al-Mu'minin | |||||
![]() Dirham of al-Mustansir | |||||
36th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad | |||||
Reign | 10 July 1226 – 5 December 1242 | ||||
Predecessor | al-Zahir | ||||
Successor | al-Musta'sim | ||||
Born | 17 February 1192 [1] Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, (now Iraq) | ||||
Died | 5 December 1242 (aged 50) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
Burial | Baghdad | ||||
Consort | Shahan Hajir[2] | ||||
Issue | Al-Musta'sim | ||||
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Dynasty | Abbasid | ||||
Father | al-Zahir | ||||
Mother | Zahra | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Al-Mustansir Bi'llah (full name:Abû Ja`far al-Mustansir bi-llah al-Mansûr bin az-Zâhir[4] surname al-Mustansir),[5] (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.