Al-Wathiq I

Al-Watiq I
الواثق بالله
41st Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid Caliph in Cairo
Reign February 1340 - 16 June 1341
Predecessor Al-Mustakfi I
Successor Al-Hakim II
Died after 1341
Issue
Father Ahmad, son of Al-Hakim I
Religion Islam

Al-Watiq I (Arabic: الواثق بالله) was an Abbasid Caliph of Cairo, Egypt for the Mamluk Sultans between 1340 and 1341.

References

  • "Biography of Al-Wathiq I" (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-Wathiq I
Cadet branch of the Banu Quraysh
Born: ? Died: 1341
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by
Al-Mustakfi I
Caliph of Cairo
1340–1341
Succeeded by
Al-Hakim II


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