al-Mustadi
Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
1142 CE to 1180 CE
Hassan al-Mustadi ibn Yusuf al-Mustanjid (1142 – 30 March 1180) is the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1170 to 1180.
Like his predecessor, he continues to occupy a more or less independent position, with a vizier and courtly surroundings, and supported by only a small force sufficient for an occasional local campaign.
During his reign Saladin ends the Fatimid caliphate, becomes the sultan of Egypt and declared his allegiance to the Abbasids.
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Kilij's victory may also have won him the recognition of the 'Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad, for he has begun to mint coins bearing the name of al-Mustadi' (1170-80).
The Abbasid caliphate experiences a revival in Baghdad from 1180 under al-Nasir, the son of the late Caliph Al-Mustadi and a Turkish umm walad called Zumurrud (Emerald).