Al-Mustansir (caliph)

Abû Ja`far al-Mustansir bi-llah al-Mansûr ben az-Zâhir ابو جعفر المستنصر باللہ المنصور بن الظاھر
36th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
Reign	10 July 1226 – 5 December 1242
Predecessor	az-Zahir
Successor	al-Musta'sim
Born	17 February 1192 Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, now Iraq
Died	5 December 1242 (aged 50) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, now Iraq
Consort	Shahan
Issue	Al-Musta'sim
Father	az-Zahir
Religion	Islam

Al-Mustansir Bi'llah (full name:Abû Ja`far al-Mustansir bi-llah al-Mansûr ben az-Zâhir Surname Al-Mustansir) was born in Baghdad on 1192. On his father's death in 1226 he has succeeded his father Az-Zahir as the thirty-sixth Abbasid Caliph. Al-Mustansir died on 5 December 1242. His son Al-Musta'sim succeeded him as the caliph.

Mustansiriya Madrasah, was established in 1227 (or 1232/34 A.D. by some accounts) by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustansir and was one of the oldest universities in the world. Its building, located on the left bank of the Tigris River, survived the Mongol invasion and has been restored.

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