Al-Mustazhir

Abu l - Abbas Ahmad al - Mustazhir bi- llah, Arabic أبو العباس أحمد المستظهر بالله, DMG Abū ʿ Abbās Aḥmad al - l - Mustazhir bi- llāh (* 1078, † August 6, 1118 ) was, from 1094 to 1118 the 28 Abbasid Caliph.

Al- Mustazhir was already like his predecessors since al - Qaim is under the rule of the Seljuks and was politically powerless. It was under his son and successor al - Mustarshid (1118-1135) should be familiar with the decline of Seldschukenreichs found ways to renew the power of the Abbasids.