az-Zāhir (Abbasids)

Abū Nasr Muhammad ibn an-Nāsir ( Arabic أبو نصر محمد بن الناصر, DMG Abū Naṣr Muḥammad b. an-Nāṣir ; * 1175 ; † July 10, 1226 in Baghdad ) with the throne name az-Zāhir bi-amr Allāh ( Arabic الظاهر بأمر الله, DMG aẓ-Ẓāhir bi-amr Allāh  'the one stepping forward with the command of God') was the thirty-fifth caliph of the Abbasids (1225–1226).

Abū Nasr az-Zāhir was determined as heir to the throne as early as 1189 by his father an-Nāsir (1180-1225). However, he was ousted from this position in 1205 by his brother Abu l-Hasan. Only with his early death (1216) could az-Zāhir take over the rule after the death of an-Nāsir in 1225.

Az-Zāhir tried to soften his father's strict rule by lowering some taxes and abolishing the spying system. At the same time, he strove to reform the administration and to build a strong army in order to cope with the threat from the last Khorezm Shah Jalal ad-Din , among other things . However, az-Zāhir died nine months after his accession to the throne on July 10, 1226. His son al-Mustansir (1226-1242) became the new caliph .

literature

• Anne-Marie Eddé: "al-Ẓāhir bi-amr Allāh" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition. Volume XI, pp. 390b-391a.

predecessor	Office	successor
an-Nāsir li-Dīn Allah	Abbasid Caliph 1225–1226	al-Mustansir