Abdukrahman The Great (Merveilles des Morte)

al-Abdūkʿrāhman العبد الرحمن
Khalīfah Amir al-Mu'minin Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Sultan of Sultans Great King King of Africa
Portait of Caliph al-Abdūkʿrāhman
Reign	1521 - 1564
Predecessor	al-Maālīk
Successor	al-Abdūkʿrāhman II
Spouse	Aisha al-Abbas
Issue
Ibrahim bin Mehmud Abd Manaf Abu'l-Fadl Ihsanullah Fakhraddin
Full name
Mehmud ibn Abdukrahman al-Rum
House	Abbasid Dynasty
Born	1492 Tunis
Died	1564 Damascus
Burial	1564
Religion	Sunni Islam

Caliph Abdukrahman ʿalā'llāh I (Arabic: العبد الرحمن al-Abdūkʿrāhman;Persian: العبدالکرمان), commonly referrenced as Abdukrahman The Great or Abdukrahman The Magnificent in the West, was the 55th and longest-reigning Abbasid Caliph, serving from 1521 until his death in 1564. As Caliph, he oversaw a second Golden Age for Islam and the Caliphate, asserting authority over a population of nearly 20,000,000 people by the end of his reign and becoming recognized as one of most successful military strategists and monarchs of the 16th century. Upon his death, his successor and eldest son, al-Abdūkʿrāhman II, would establish a dynastic union between the Abbasid dynasty and the House of Rūm, commonly referred to as the House of Abbasid-Rūm, that would hold authority over the Caliphate until the Sixth Fitna.

Due to the nature of Caliph al-Maālīk bearing no male children, the patriarchal succession would lineate towards an elective posture, with Abdukrahman being appointed as Caliph due to his marriage to the eldest daughter of Caliph al-Maālīk, Aisha al-Abbas, and for his military leadership in the conquest of Yemen.

During his term as Caliph, Abdukrahman would expand the realm of the Caliphate through a myriad of military conquests in the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Persia, as well as restoring the Caliphate's power in the Middle East. Through these conquests, the rise of the Muʿtazila would eclipse the power of the Disciples of Ibn Taymiyyah, expanding the Caliphate's domestic growth in terms of architectural, artistic, and literary development, while the reconstruction of the House of Wisdom and the standardization of the printing press would allow the Caliphate to see unprecedented growth in contrast to the former state of the Caliphate.

Caliph Abdukrahman is often regarded as the most influential Caliph of the restored Abbasid Caliphate, with many scholars describing the end of his reign as being "the inevitable end of the Abbasid dynasty".

Line of Succession

Main article: House of Rūm

• Abdūkʿrāhman I (b. 1492) [1521 - 1564]
  • Abdukrahman II (b. 1523) [1564 - 1575]
    • Mukhtar I (b. 1547) [1575 - 1592]
      • Mustansir III (b. 1580) [1592 - 1611]
  • Abd Manaf (b. 1525 - 1591) x Zaynab, Princess of Mali (b. 1519 - 1582)
    • Mutawakkil II (b. 1543) [1611 - 1615]
      • Mahmud (b. 1570) [1615 - 1632]
  • Abu'l-Fadl (b. 1529 - 1575)
  • Ihsanullah (b. 1530 - 1611) x Abandokht, Princess of Persia (b. 1543 - 1599)
    • See: House of Gurkani
  • Fakhraddin (b. 1541 - 1623) x Aisha, Princess of Tunis (b. 1539 - 1624)
    • See: House of Janann