Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Caliph
Place in the story
- RulertowardAbbasid Caliphate of Cairo · 1406 CE · 808 AH† – 1414 CE · 817 AH†Historical
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
al-Musta'in (Cairo) — al-Musta'in (Cairo), the caliph of the Abbasid of Cairo caliphate, ruling 1406–1414 CE. 1 1.
Sources
Connections
- Ruled over
- Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo
- Successor of
- al-Mutawakkil ala Allah Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tadid
- Predecessor of
- al-Mu'tadid bi-llah Dawud ibn al-Mutawakkil
- His reign saw
- Al-Maqrizi moves to Damascus, c. 810/1408· Battle of Çamurlu· Battle of Chalagan· Battle of Kosmidion· Battle of Sardrud· Battle of Şənbi-Qazan (1410)· Capture of Bejaia (1410)· The Burning of Wine-Drinkers in Damascus in 813 AH· Edigu's campaign against Moscow· The great calamity of Fez, 813 AH· Ibn Hajar installed as head of the Baybarsiyya khanqah, 813/1410· Ibn Hajar begins hadith lectures at the Shaykhuniyya, 808/1406· The Karamanid siege of Bursa· The great Levantine coast earthquake, 811· Mamluk campaign against Mecca (1409)· Mehmed I returns the capital to Bursa· The accession of al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh to the sultanate in 815 AH· The acclamation of the caliph al-Musta'in as sultan· Siege of Antequera (1410)· Siege of Constantinople· Siege of Setenil de las Bodegas (1407)· Sixth Siege of Gibraltar· Uprising of Konstantin and Fruzhin· Zayyanid capture of Fez
People and things also explored
Cairo· al-Mutawakkil ala Allah Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tadid· Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo· al-Mustakfi bi'llah II Sulayman ibn al-Mutawakkil· al-Musta'sim bi'llah Zakariya ibn Ibrahim· al-Mu'tadid bi'llah Abu'l-Fath Abu Bakr ibn al-Mustakfi· شيخ الإسلام ابن حجر العسقلاني· Bursa
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition)
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