Al-Wathiq II

al-Wathiq II
الواثق بالله
9th Caliph of Cairo
ReignSeptember 1383 – 13 November 1386
PredecessorAl-Mutawakkil I
Successoral-Musta'sim
(Second Reign)
Bornunknown date
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate now Egypt
Died13 November 1386
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate now Egypt
Fatheral-Wathiq I
ReligionIslam

Al-Wathiq II (Abū Ḥafs ʿUmar al-Wāṯiq bi-Llāh, Arabic: أبو حفص عمر الواثق بالله; died 13 November 1386) was the ninth Abbasid caliph of Cairo for the Mamluk Sultanate between 1383 and 1386.

Bibliography

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Al-Wathiq II
Born:  ? Died: 1386
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by Caliph of Cairo
1383–1386 		Succeeded by


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