Abbasid caliphs in Cairo

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The Abbasid caliphs in Cairo were a line of ceremonial Abbasid rulers installed by the Mamluk sultans in Egypt after the Mongol sack of Baghdad, serving mainly as religious figureheads rather than political leaders.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious institution ⓘ
caliphal dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
basedIn Cairo Citadel ⓘ
capital Cairo ⓘ
chronology 13th century to 16th century ⓘ
claimedContinuityFrom Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
country Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
deFactoPowerHeldBy Mamluk sultans ⓘ
deposedBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
dynasticAffiliation Abbasid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of al-Abbas
endedWith Ottoman conquest of Egypt ⓘ
endTime 1517 ⓘ
establishedAfter Mongol sack of Baghdad ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Arab ⓘ
firstCaliph al-Mustansir (Cairo) ⓘ
linked to: al-Mustansir
firstCaliphInstalled 1261 ⓘ
followed Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
followedBy Ottoman claim to the caliphate ⓘ
governmentType ceremonial caliphate ⓘ
hasLimited political power ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction legitimizing Mamluk rule ⓘ
providing caliphal titles to Mamluk sultans ⓘ
hasRole religious figureheads ⓘ
symbolic caliphs ⓘ
historicalEra Late Middle Ages ⓘ
installedBy Mamluk sultans of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk sultans
language Arabic ⓘ
lastCaliph al-Mutawakkil III ⓘ
lastCaliphDeposed 1517 ⓘ
legitimacyBasis descent from Abbasid family ⓘ
legitimized Mamluk military regime ⓘ
locatedIn Cairo ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
partOf Abbasid Caliphate legacy ⓘ
performedFunction issuing investiture to sultans ⓘ
leading major religious ceremonies ⓘ
politicalStatus subordinate to Mamluk sultans ⓘ
precededBy Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
recognizedAs spiritual heads of Sunni Islam (nominal) ⓘ
recognizedBy Mamluk elites ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence Sunni Muslim world (symbolic) ⓘ
startTime 1261 ⓘ
successorState Ottoman Empire ⓘ
usedTitle Caliph ⓘ
Commander of the Faithful ⓘ

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al-Musta'sim → successor → Abbasid caliphs in Cairo ⓘ
al-Mutawakkil III → caliphateBranch → Cairo Abbasid caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid caliphs in Cairo
al-Mustamsik → partOf → Cairo Abbasid caliphal line ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid caliphs in Cairo