Al-Hakim I (Cairo)

Al-Hakim I (Cairo)

Al-Hakim I of Cairo was an Abbasid Caliph of Cairo, Egypt for the Mamluk Sultans between 1262 and 1302.

It should be noted that his authority was limited to being a figurehead.


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