in 1139 to the Nestorian patriarch Abdisho III was published in 1926 by the Assyrian scholar Alphonse Mingana. Family The daughter of Muhammad I Tapar and Nistandar Jahan was Fatimah Khatun. Fatimah married caliph Al-Muqtafi in 1137, and died in September 1147. Al-Muqtafi had several children, the most famous of them was Al-Mustanjid, who became his successor. Kerman was the daughter of caliph Al-Muqtafi. She was wife of sultan Muhammad II They married towards the end of 1158 or in early 1159. He was, however, unable to consummate the marriage owing to his illness. Another daughter was the wife of sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud. They married in 1140. Her dowry was one hundred thousand dinars. The wedding procession was delayed for five years because of her young age. However, the marriage was never consummated because of Masud's ultimate death. Death Al-Muqtafi died on 12 March 1160 at the age 64. He was succeeded by his son Yusuf better known by his regnal name al-Mustanjid. He was born in 1124, he assumed the throne at the age of 36 after the death of his father al-Muqtafi. See also Abu Mansur Mauhub al-Jawaliqi, who served as imam for al-Muqtafi. Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi References Sources This text is adapted from William Muir's public domain, The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall. 1096 births 1160 deaths 12th-century Abbasid caliphs Muslims of the Second Crusade 12th-century Arabic poets Sons of Abbasid caliphs