Al-Qa'im (Cairo)

Al-Qa'im القائم بأمر الله
50th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid Caliph in Cairo
Reign	1451–1455
Predecessor	Al-Mustakfi II
Successor	al-Mustanjid

Died	1458
Father	Al-Mutawakkil I
Religion	Islam

Al-Qa'im (Arabic: القائم بأمر الله‎) was an Abbasid Caliph of Cairo, Egypt for the Mamluk Sultanate between 1451 and 1455. He was deposed by Sultan Sayf ad-Din Inal after al-Qa'im supported a mutiny of mamluks against Inal.

References

"Biography of Al-Qa'im" (in Arabic). Islampedia.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11.

Bibliography

Garcin, Jean-Claude (1967). "Histoire, opposition, politique et piétisme traditionaliste dans le Ḥusn al Muḥādarat de Suyûti" [History, opposition, politics and traditionalistic pietism in Suyuti's Ḥusn al Muḥādarat] (PDF, 14.62 MB). Annales Islamologiques (in French) (Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale) 7: 33–90. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
Holt, P. M. (1984). "Some Observations on the 'Abbāsid Caliphate of Cairo". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) 47 (3): 501–507. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00113710. JSTOR 618882. (subscription required (help)). |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Sunni Islam titles
Al-Qa'im Abbasid dynasty Cadet branch of the Banu Quraysh Born: ? Died: 1455
Preceded by Al-Mustakfi II	Caliph of Cairo 1451–1455	Succeeded by Al-Mustanjid

Abbasid Caliphs

Caliphs of Baghdad (749–1258)	as-Saffah al-Mansur al-Mahdi al-Hadi Harun al-Rashid al-Amin al-Ma'mun Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi^[B] al-Mu'tasim al-Wathiq al-Mutawakkil al-Muntasir al-Musta'in al-Mu'tazz al-Muhtadi al-Mu'tamid al-Mu'tadid al-Muktafi al-Muqtadir Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz^[B] al-Muqtadir al-Qahir ar-Radi al-Muttaqi al-Mustakfi al-Muti at-Ta'i al-Qadir al-Qa'im al-Muqtadi al-Mustazhir al-Mustarshid ar-Rashid al-Muqtafi al-Mustanjid al-Mustadi al-Nasir az-Zahir al-Mustansir al-Musta'sim (Mongol conquest)

Caliphs of Cairo (1261–1517)	al-Mustansir al-Hakim I al-Mustakfi I al-Wathiq I al-Hakim II al-Mu'tadid I al-Mutawakkil I al-Musta'sim al-Mutawakkil I al-Wathiq II al-Musta'sim al-Mutawakkil I al-Musta'in al-Mu'tadid II al-Mustakfi II al-Qa'im al-Mustanjid al-Mutawakkil II al-Mustamsik al-Mutawakkil III al-Mustamsik al-Mutawakkil III (Ottoman conquest)

^[B] indicates ephemeral caliphs recognized in the city of Baghdad only

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