Al-Qa'im (Cairo)

Al-Qa'im of Cairo (Arabic: القائم بأمر الله‎) was an Abbasid Caliph of Cairo, Egypt for the Mamluk Sultanate between 1451 and 1455. He was deposed by Sultan Sayf ad-Din Inal after al-Qa'im supported a mutiny of mamluks against Inal.

References

• "Biography of Al-Qa'im" (in Arabic). Islampedia.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. 

Bibliography

• Garcin, Jean-Claude (1967). "Histoire, opposition, politique et piétisme traditionaliste dans le Ḥusn al Muḥādarat de Suyûti" [History, opposition, politics and traditionalistic pietism in Suyuti's Ḥusn al Muḥādarat] (PDF, 14.62 MB). Annales Islamologiques (in French) (Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale) 7: pp. 33–90. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
• Holt, P. M. (1984). "Some Observations on the 'Abbāsid Caliphate of Cairo". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (subscription required) (University of London) 47 (3): pp. 501–507. JSTOR 618882. 

Al-Qa'im Abbasid dynasty Cadet branch of the Banu Quraysh Born:  ? Died: 1455
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by Al-Mustakfi II	Caliph of Cairo 1451–1455	Succeeded by Al-Mustanjid