Al-Mustansir

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Al-Mustansir
المستنصر
Pronunciationalmustansar (
Arabia (Middle East
)

Al-Mustansir, more fully al-Mustansir billah (Arabic: المستنصر بالله, romanized: al-Mustanṣir bi-llāh, lit.'he who seeks victory in God'), is a Muslim regnal surname and may refer to:

The regnal title was used by:

  • Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah
    (1029–1094), eighth Fatimid Imam-Caliph
  • Al-Mustansir Billah II (r. 1463/4–1480), 32nd Nizari imam
  • Al-Mustansir Billah III
    (r. 1493/4–1498), 34th Nizari imam
  • Sayf al-Dawla ibn Hud al-Mustansir
    (r. 1145–1146), Muslim ruler of Valencia and Murcia
  • Al-Mustansir I (1192–1242), penultimate Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1226 to 1242
  • Al-Mustansir II (died 1262), first Abbasid caliph of Cairo for the Mamluk Sultanate between 1261 and 1262
  • Muhammad I al-Mustansir (1228–1277), Hafsid ruler of North Africa and self-declared Caliph
  • Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz I of Morocco (r. 1366–1372), Marinid sultan of Morocco
  • Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad al-Mustansir
    (r. 1374–1384, 1387–1393), Marinid sultan of Morocco
  • Ghabdula Chelbir Mustansir (r. 1178–1225) was the last ruler of Volga Bulgaria

See also