Al-Mustakfi II

Al-Mustakfi
المستكفي بالله
49th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid Caliph in Cairo
Reign 23 July 1441– 29 January 1451
Predecessor Al-Mu'tadid II
Successor al-Qa'im
Died 29 January, 1451 [aged 63]
Father Al-Mutawakkil I
Religion Islam

Al-Mustakfi II (Arabic: المستكفي بالله) was an Abbasid Caliph of Cairo, Egypt for the Mamluk Sultans between 1441 and 1451. He died on Friday, 25 Zulhijja, 854 AH (29 January 1451).

References

  • "Biography of Al-Mustakfi II" (in Arabic). Islampedia.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11.

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). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. 7: 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. University of London. 47 (3): 501–507. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00113710. JSTOR 618882. (Subscription required (help)).
Al-Mustakfi II
Cadet branch of the Banu Quraysh
Born: ? Died: 1451
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by
Al-Mu'tadid II
Caliph of Islam
1441–1451
Succeeded by
Al-Qa'im


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