Al-Mustarshid

Al-Mustarshid Billah
المسترشد بالله
Khalīfah
Amir al-Mu'minin
29th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
Reign6 August 1118 – 29 August 1135
Predecessoral-Mustazhir
Successoral-Rashid
BornApril/May 1092
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Died29 August 1135 (aged 43)
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Consort
Issue
Names
Abu Mansur al-Faḍl ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir Al-Mustarshid bi'llah
Era name and dates
Later Abbasid era: 12th century
DynastyAbbasid
FatherAl-Mustazhir
MotherLubaba
ReligionSunni Islam

Abu Mansur al-Faḍl ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir (Arabic: أبو منصور الفضل بن أحمد المستظهر; 1092 – 29 August 1135) better known by his regnal name Al-Mustarshid Billah (Arabic: المسترشد بالله) was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1118 to 1135. He was son of his predecessor, caliph al-Mustazhir. He succeeded his father in the year 1118 as the Abbasid caliph.