Al-Mutawakkil II

Al-Mutawakkil II
المتوكل على الله
52nd Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid Caliph in Cairo
Reign 8 April 1479– 27 September 1497
Predecessor al-Mustanjid
Successor Al-Mustamsik
Born 1416
Died 27 September 1497 (aged 81)
Issue Al-Mustamsik
Father Al-Musta'in
Religion Islam

Al-Mutawakkil II (Arabic: المتوكل على الله) was an Abbasid Caliph of Cairo, Egypt for the Mamluk Sultans between 1479 and 1497.

References

  • "Biography of Al-Mutawakkil 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-Mutawakkil II
Born: 1416 Died: 1497
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by
Al-Mustanjid
Caliph of Islam
1479–1497
Succeeded by
Al-Mustamsik


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