Al-Qa'im (Cairo)

Al-Qa'im
القائم بأمر الله
50th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid Caliph in Cairo
Reign 1451–1455
Predecessor Al-Mustakfi II
Successor al-Mustanjid
Died 1458
Father Al-Mutawakkil I
Religion Islam

Al-Qa'im (Arabic: القائم بأمر الله) was an Abbasid Caliph of Cairo, Egypt for the Mamluk Sultanate between 1451 and 1455. He was deposed by Sultan Sayf ad-Din Inal after al-Qa'im supported a mutiny of mamluks against Inal.

References

  • "Biography of Al-Qa'im" (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-Qa'im
Cadet branch of the Banu Quraysh
Born: ? Died: 1455
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by
Al-Mustakfi II
Caliph of Cairo
1451–1455
Succeeded by
Al-Mustanjid


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