Al-Mustansir
Al-Mustansir, more fully al-Mustansir billah ("he who seeks victory in God"), is a Muslim regnal surname and may refer to:
- Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah (1029–1094), eighth Fatimid Caliph
- Sayf al-Dawla ibn Hud al-Mustansir (r. 1145–1146), Muslim ruler of Valencia and Murcia
- Al-Mustansir (Baghdad) (المستنصر بالله) (died 1242), penultimate Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1226 to 1242
- Al-Mustansir (Cairo), first Caliph in Cairo for the Mamluk Sultans between 1261 and 1262
- Muhammad I al-Mustansir (r. 1249-1277), Hafsid ruler of North Africa and self-declared Caliph
See also
- Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad
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