Reign 1135 to 1136 Religion Islam Parents Al-Mustarshid Predecessor Al-Mustarshid Great-grandparents Al-Muqtadi Name Ar Rashid | Father Al-Mustarshid Role Al-Mustarshid's son Successor Al-Muqtafi Grandparents Al-Mustazhir | |
Died June 6, 1138, Isfahan, Iran | ||
Ar-Rashid (1109 – 6 June 1138) (Arabic: الراشد) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1135 to 1136.
Like his father, al-Mustarshid, ar-Rashid made another failed attempt at independence from Seljuq Turks. To avenge his father's death, he insulted the Sultan Mas'ud's envoy who came to demand a heavy largess, incited the mob to plunder his palace, and then, supported by Zengi, who was equally hostile to sultan because of the murder of Dubeis, set up a rival sultan. Mas'ud hastened to the rebellious capital and laid siege to it. Baghdad, well defended by the river and its canals, resisted the attack; but in the end the caliph and Zengi, hopeless of success, escaped to Mosul. The sultan's power restored, a council was held, the caliph deposed, and his uncle, son of Al-Muqtafi, appointed as the new caliph.
Ar-Rashid fled to Isfahan, where he was killed by Hashshashins in 1138.