Al-Qa'im (Abbasid caliph at Baghdad)

Al-Qa'im bi-amri 'llah
القائم بأمر الله
Caliph
Commander of the Faithful
Gold dinar minted with the names of al-Qa'im and sultan Tughril in Isfahan 448 AH/1056/7 CE
26th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
Reign29 November 1031 – 2 April 1075
PredecessorAl-Qadir
SuccessorAl-Muqtadi
Born8 November 1001
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (now Iraq)
Died3 April 1076(1076-04-03) (aged 74)
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
ConsortKhadija Arslan Khatun
Al-Jiha al- Qa'mya
Issue
Names
Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Ahmad al-Qadir Al-Qa'im bi-amri 'llah
Era name and dates
Later Abbasid era: 11th century
DynastyAbbasid
Fatheral-Qadir
MotherQatr al-Nada
ReligionSunni Islam

Abū Ja'far Abdallah ibn Aḥmad al-Qādir (Arabic: أبو جعفر عبد الله بن أحمد القادر), better known by his regnal name al-Qā'im bi-amri 'llāh (Arabic: القائم بأمر الله, lit.'he who carries out the command of God') or simply as al-Qā'im; 8 November 1001 – 3 April 1075), was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1031 to 1075. He was the son of the previous caliph, al-Qadir. Al-Qa'im's reign coincided with the end of the Buyid dynasty's dominance of the caliphate and the rise of the Seljuk dynasty.[1]

  1. ^ Sourdel, D. (1978a). "AL-ḲĀ'IM BI-AMR ALLĀH". In Van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume IV (IRAN-KHA). Leiden: E.J. Brill. pp. 457–8. ISBN 90-04-05745-5. Retrieved 8 April 2022.