al-Mustansir
1192 CE–1242 CE · Baghdad
Al-Mustansir (1192–1242) was the thirty-sixth Abbasid caliph of Baghdad, ruling from 1226 to 1242. He is best remembered for founding the Mustansiriya madrasa in Baghdad, a major teaching institution that accommodated the four Sunni schools of law along with other subjects. He died in 1242, and was succeeded by his son al-Musta'sim, the last Abbasid caliph of Baghdad.
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- Sundiata Keita· –1255 CE
- Ögedei Khan· 1186 CE–1241 CE
- Ala ad-Din Kayqubad I· 1188 CE–1237 CE
- Frederick II (Holy Roman Emperor)· 1194 CE–1250 CE
- Aybak· –1257 CE
- Dunama II Dibalemi (Mai Dunama Dabbalemi)· –1259 CE
- Qutuz· –1260 CE
- Al-Kamil· 1177 CE–1238 CE
- Razia Sultana· –1240 CE
- Iltutmish· –1236 CE
- Möngke Khan· 1209 CE–1259 CE
- Genghis Khan· 1162 CE–1227 CE
- Hulagu Khan· 1217 CE–1265 CE
- Louis IX of France· 1214 CE–1270 CE
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