Al-Musta'sim (Cairo)

Abu Yahya Zakariya al-Musta'sim
أبو يحيى زكريا المستعصم
8th Caliph of Cairo
(first period)
Reign1377
Predecessoral-Mutawakkil I
Successoral-Mutawakkil I
(second period)
Reign1386–1389
Predecessoral-Wathiq II
Successoral-Mutawakkil I
Bornunknown date
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate (now Egypt)
Died1389
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Fatheral-Wathiq I
ReligionSunni Islam

Abū Yahya Zakariya al-Musta'sim bi'llah (Arabic: أبو يحيى زكريا المستعصم بالله; died 1389) was the eighth Abbasid caliph of Cairo under the tutelage of the Mamluk Sultanate. He served twice: first in 1377, then again in 1386–1389.

Al-Musta'sim was the son of al-Wathiq I (the fourth Caliph of Cairo). His given name was Zakariya and his Kunya was Abu Yahya. He was first installed in the office in 1377 for a short period of time, after al-Mutawakkil I was deposed. Al-Musta'sim was also deposed by Mamluk sultan and al-Mutawakkil I was again installed as caliph of Cairo by Mamluks.

After few years, in 1386 al-Musta'sim was again installed as caliph of Cairo for the Mamluk Sultanate. He remained in the office from 1386 to 1389 and he was again succeeded by al-Mutawakkil I in 1389.