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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abbasid caliphs in Cairo canonical | 1 |
| Cairo Abbasid caliphal line | 1 |
| Cairo Abbasid caliphate | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious institution
ⓘ
caliphal dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mamluk Sultanate
ⓘ
surface form:
Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
|
| basedIn | Cairo Citadel ⓘ |
| capital | Cairo ⓘ |
| chronology | 13th century to 16th century ⓘ |
| claimedContinuityFrom | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| country | Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ |
| deFactoPowerHeldBy | Mamluk sultans ⓘ |
| deposedBy | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| dynasticAffiliation |
House of al-Abbas
ⓘ
surface form:
Abbasid dynasty
|
| endedWith | Ottoman conquest of Egypt ⓘ |
| endTime | 1517 ⓘ |
| establishedAfter |
Sack of Baghdad (1258)
ⓘ
surface form:
Mongol sack of Baghdad
|
| ethnicOrigin | Arab ⓘ |
| firstCaliph |
al-Mustansir
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Mustansir (Cairo)
|
| firstCaliphInstalled | 1261 ⓘ |
| followed |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad
|
| 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
ⓘ
surface form:
Mamluk sultans of Egypt
|
| 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 Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad
|
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cairo Abbasid caliphate
this entity surface form:
Cairo Abbasid caliphal line