Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph (born 1158)

Al-Nasir

Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 1180–1225)

Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Hasan al-Mustaḍīʾ, better known by his laqab al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh or simply as al-Nasir, was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1180 until his death. His laqab literally can mean The One who Gives Victory to the Religion of God. He continued the…