At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah II, Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn al-Mustakfi, the caliph in Cairo between 741 and 753 AH. His father appointed him heir to the caliphate when he died at Qus. 2
The oath of allegiance
Al-Suyuti says that when the sultan was dying, he directed that the affair should return to the heir apparent Ahmad. Al-Mansur Abu Bakr ibn al-Nasir held a council on Thursday the eleventh of Dhu al-Hijja 741 AH, attended by the caliph Ibrahim and the judges. Ibn Jama'a said that al-Mustakfi had bequeathed the caliphate to his son Ahmad and had forty upright men witness it at Qus, so Ibrahim was deposed and Ahmad given the allegiance. 2
He took the title of his grandfather al-Hakim. Ibn Fadl Allah describes him as the imam of their age, who revived the forms of the caliphate and united the Banu his father's kin. 3
His death
He died in the plague in the middle of 753 AH. The general plague had been in his days in 749 AH. 4
Connections
- Participated in
- Dropping the Khutba for Two Caliphs and the Empty Pulpits
People and things also explored
al-Wathiq bi-Llah Ibrahim ibn al-Mustamsik· Dropping the Khutba for Two Caliphs and the Empty Pulpits
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 739-743
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.739
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.743
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.753
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah II Ahmad ibn al-Mustakfi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-hakim-bi-amr-illah-ii/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.