1. Al-Nasir continued the efforts of his grandfather al-Muqtafi in restoring the caliphate to its ancient dominant role and achieved a surprising amount of success as his army even conquered parts of Iran.
12 Facts About Al-Nasir
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Al-Nasir was the son of Caliph al-Mustadi and a Turkish umm walad called Zumurrud.
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Al-Nasir's reign was unusual for the rise of the futuwwa groups in his reign, connected to Baghdad's long-standing ayyarun.
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Al-Nasir made them into an instrument of his government, reorganizing them along Sufi lines and ideology.
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Al-Nasir incited rebellion against the Seljuq Sultan of Persia, Toghrul III.
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Al-Nasir sent his vizier to Tekish with some gifts, but the vizier irritated Tekish, who attacked the caliph's troops and routed them.
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Al-Nasir was joined by an army led by his brother in law Hasan Kipchiq, and Toghrul tried to get help from the Ayyubids and the Caliph, even sent his infant son as hostage to Baghdad in a futile gesture.
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Al-Nasir declared himself shah and demanded formal recognition from the caliph.
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Al-Nasir spent his last three years paralysed and nearly blind.
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Al-Nasir suffered from dysentery for twenty days and then died.
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Al-Nasir was succeeded by his son al-Zahir in the year 1225 as the thirty-fifth Abbasid caliph.
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Al-Nasir's son ruled for a short period, al-Zahir lowered the taxes, and built a strong army to resist invasions.