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Overview
Al-Mustadi bi-Amr Allah, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn al-Mustanjid, an Abbasid caliph who ruled from 566 to 575 AH. 2
Birth
He was born in 536 AH, and his mother was an Armenian concubine called Ghadda. He was given the allegiance on the day his father died. 2
His caliphate
Al-Suyuti relates from Ibn al-Jawzi that he proclaimed the lifting of taxes and the redress of wrongs, and showed justice and generosity such as Ibn al-Jawzi had not seen in his life. He distributed much money among the Hashimites and the Alids, the scholars, the madrasas and the hostels, and had the storekeepers' tailor make a thousand and three hundred silk tunics. 2
In his caliphate the state of the Banu Ubayd came to an end, and the khutba was given for him in Egypt. His coinage was struck in his name, and the khutba was given for him in Yemen, Barqa, Tuzur and Egypt as far as Aswan. 2
His death
He died at the end of Shawwal 575 AH, and he appointed his son Ahmad al-Nasir as successor. 3
Connections
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Baghdad· al-Adid li-Din Allah, last Ubaydid caliph· al-Mustanjid bi'llah Yusuf ibn al-Muqtafi· al-Nasir li-Din Allah Ahmad ibn al-Mustadi'· Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi· Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)· Zahir al-Din ibn al-Attar· Al-Fustat
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 681-685
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.681-685
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.685
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Mustadi bi-Amr Allah al-Hasan ibn al-Mustanjid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-mustadi-billah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.