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Al-Mutawakkil II

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al-Mutawakkil II
المتوكل على الله
15th Caliph of Cairo
Reign8 April 1479 – 27 September 1497
Predecessoral-Mustanjid
Successoral-Mustamsik
BornCairo, Mamluk Sultanate now Egypt
1416
Died27 September 1497 (aged 81)
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate now Egypt
Burial
Egypt
Issueal-Mustamsik
FatherYa'qub bin al-Mutawakkil I
MotherHaj al-Malik
ReligionSunni Islam

Al-Mutawakkil II (Arabic: أبو العز عبد العزيز المتوكل على الله, Abū l-ʿIzz ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; 1416 – 27 September 1497) was the fifteenth Abbasid caliph of Cairo for the Mamluk Sultanate between 1479 and 1497. His father, Ya'qub, was son of Al-Mutawakkil I.

Life

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His name was Abdul Aziz ibn Ya`qub ibn Muhammad. Al-Mutawakkil II and his mother is called Haji Malik, the daughter of one of the soldiers. He was loved between the private and the public because of the excellence of literature, ethics and humility, and a screen for each one.

When his uncle became ill, and his illness was entrusted to him after the office, when he died on the sixteenth of Muharram of 884. In 885 the prince led a campaign to the Turkmen. He met with the Emir of the State (the White Shah), defeated the Mamluks, captured the Yishpak and was killed on the shore of the Euphrates River. Then the Sultan "Qaitbay" reconciled with the Emirate (the White Shah). He was succeeded by al-Mustamsik.

References

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  • "Biography of Al-Mutawakkil II" (in Arabic). Islampedia.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11.

Bibliography

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Al-Mutawakkil II
Born: 1416 Died: 1497
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by Caliph of Cairo
1479–1497
Succeeded by