Death of caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah

وفاة الخليفة الناصر لدين الله

c. 1225 CE · 622 AH

Baghdad

Caliph al-Nasir died after forty-seven years — the longest Abbasid caliphate, in which he regained a sword and reach over kings no Abbasid had held before him 1.

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Baghdad

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The caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah Ahmad ibn al-Mustadi died. He left the caliphate after forty-seven years, the longest Abbasid caliphate, and in that time he gathered more authority, power and sway over kings than any Abbasid before him 2.

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the caliph army routed by Sultan Tughril· Death of caliph al-Nasir's son· death of al-Mustaḍīʾ — the forty-seven-year caliphate of al-Nāṣir begins· al-Nasir's vizier Nasir al-Din dismissed· al-Nasir builds the Nizamiyya library and the Harim-gate ribat· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 451
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.451
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the caliph army routed by Sultan Tughril

The caliph al-Nasir army was routed by Sultan Tughril III — the caliph own fosterling, raised against the atabegs until he held Rayy, Hamadan, Isfahan and Azerbaijan.