Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Caliph
Place in the story
- RulertowardAbbasid Caliphate of Cairo · 1451 CE · 855 AH† – 1455 CE · 859 AH†Historical
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
al-Qa'im (Cairo) — al-Qa'im (Cairo), the caliph of the Abbasid of Cairo caliphate, ruling 1451–1455 CE. 1 1.
Sources
Connections
- Predecessor of
- al-Mustanjid bi'llah Yusuf ibn al-Mutawakkil
- Ruled over
- Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo
- Successor of
- al-Mustakfi bi'llah II Sulayman ibn al-Mutawakkil
- His reign saw
- Death of al-Suyuti’s father, 855/1451· Battle of Kruševac· Battle of Leskovac· Battle of Los Alporchones· Conquest of Constantinople in 857 AH· The Great Mecca Flood of 859· Mehmed II prepares the Constantinople siege from Edirne· Siege of Caffa (1454)
People and things also explored
Cairo· al-Mustakfi bi'llah II Sulayman ibn al-Mutawakkil· Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo· al-Mu'tadid bi-llah Dawud ibn al-Mutawakkil· al-Mutawakkil ala Allah II, Abd al-Aziz ibn Ya'qub· السلطان محمد الفاتح· Death of al-Suyuti’s father, 855/1451· al-Mustanjid bi'llah Yusuf ibn al-Mutawakkil
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Qa'im (Cairo)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-qaim-cairo/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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