Ruler · 1110 – 1138

Al-Rashid Billah

Lived 1110 – 1138. Abbasid caliph of Abbasid Caliphate, 1135 – 1136.

Wikidata's English label: Al-Rashid.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1110 – 1138; 28 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Abbasid Caliphate
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Abbasid caliph

Abbasid Caliphate · the 34th of 43 dated reigns · 750 – 1302

30 before

Al-Muqtadi1075 – 1094

Al-Mustazhir1094 – 1118

Al-Mustarshid1118 – 1135

Al-Rashid Billah1135 – 1136

Al-Muqtafi1136 – 1160

Al-Mustanjid1160 – 1170

Al-Mustadi1170 – 1180

6 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1135 – 1136 · 1 year · came to it aged 26

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

He succeeded his father al-Mustarshid in the year 1135.

Al-Rashid fled to Isfahan where he was assassinated by a team of four Nizari Ismailis (Assassins) in June 1138.

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