al-Mu'tadid Billah Dawud, Cairo Abbasid

المعتضد بالله داود العباسي

c. 19 August 1441 CE · 4 Rabi' I 845 AH

Al-Mu'tadid Billah Dawud — Cairo's Abbasid caliph for 28 years and two months, installed by al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh in place of his deposed brother al-Musta'in; died Sunday 4 Rabi' I 845 near ninety, succeeded by his brother al-Mustakfi Sulayman 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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Egypt & Nile
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Al-Muʿtadid bi-Llah Dawud, the Abbasid

Commander of the Faithful al-Muʿtadid bi-Llah Abu al-Fath Dawud ibn al-Mutawakkil ʿala Llah, caliph of the Abbasids in Cairo. Al-Muʾayyad Shaykh appointed him to the caliphate in place of his brother al-Mustaʿin bi-Llah, when he deposed him. His caliphate lasted twenty-eight years and two months. He died on Sunday, the fourth of Rabiʿ I 845 AH, at nearly ninety years of age. After him his full brother al-Mustakfi bi-Llah Abu al-Rabi' Sulayman was installed, by the appointment he had made 1.

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 255
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