Al-Mutawakkil II
| al-Mutawakkil II المتوكل على الله | |
|---|---|
| 15th Caliph of Cairo | |
| Reign | 8 April 1479 – 27 September 1497 |
| Predecessor | al-Mustanjid |
| Successor | al-Mustamsik |
| Born | Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate now Egypt 1416 |
| Died | 27 September 1497 (aged 81) Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate now Egypt |
| Burial | Egypt |
| Issue | al-Mustamsik |
| Father | Ya'qub bin al-Mutawakkil I |
| Mother | Haj al-Malik |
| Religion | Sunni 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
[edit]- "Biography of Al-Mutawakkil II" (in Arabic). Islampedia.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11.
Bibliography
[edit]- Garcin, Jean-Claude (1967). "Histoire, opposition, politique et piétisme traditionaliste dans le Ḥusn al Muḥādarat de Suyûti" [History, opposition, politics and traditionalistic pietism in Suyuti's Ḥusn al Muḥādarat] (PDF). Annales Islamologiques (in French). 7. Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale: 33–90. doi:10.3406/anisl.1967.909. S2CID 259055409. Archived from the original (PDF, 14.62 MB) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
- Holt, P. M. (1984). "Some Observations on the 'Abbāsid Caliphate of Cairo". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 47 (3). University of London: 501–507. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00113710. JSTOR 618882. S2CID 161092185.
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