Al-Rashid Billah

Al-Rashid bi'llah
الراشد بالله
Khalīfah
Amir al-Mu'minin
30th Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
Reign29 August 1135 – 17 August 1136
PredecessorAl-Mustarshid
SuccessorAl-Muqtafi
Born1109
Baghdad, Iraq
Died6 June 1138 (aged 29)
Isfahan, Iran
Burial
IssueJa'far
Names
Abu Ja'far Mansur ibn al-Faḍl al-Mustarshid Al-Rashid bi'llah
Era name and dates
Later Abbasid era: 12th century
DynastyAbbasid
FatherAl-Mustarshid
MotherKhushf
ReligionSunni Islam

Abu Ja'far al-Mansur ibn al-Faḍl al-Mustarshid bi'llah (Arabic: أبو جعفر المنصور بن الفضل المسترشد بالله; 1109 – 6 June 1138) usually known by his regnal name Al-Rashid bi'llah (Arabic: الراشد بالله) was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1135 to 1136. He succeeded his father al-Mustarshid in the year 1135. He ruled for just one year from 1135 up to his deposition on 17 August 1136 when the populace of Baghdad rose in revolt against him.