Al-Mutawakkil III
17th Abbasid caliph in Cairo from 1508 to 1517 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al-Mutawakkil III (Arabic: المتوكل على الله الثالث; fl. 1508–1543) was the seventeenth Abbasid caliph of Cairo for the Mamluk Sultanate from 1508 to 1516, and again in 1517.
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Al-Mutawakkil III | |
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Abbasid caliph (Amir al-Mu'minin) | |
1st period | 1508–1516 |
Predecessor | Al-Mustamsik |
Successor | Al-Mustamsik |
2nd period | 22 January 1517 |
Predecessor | al-Mustamsik |
Successor | Selim I (Ottoman caliph) |
Born | Unknown |
Died | 1543 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
Father | Al-Mustamsik |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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