Al-Mutawakkil II
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Reign8 April 1479 – 27 September 1497
Predecessoral-Mustanjid
Successoral-Mustamsik
Born1416
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate now Egypt
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate now Egypt
| al-Mutawakkil II المتوكل على الله | |
|---|---|
| 15th Caliph of Cairo | |
| Reign | 8 April 1479 – 27 September 1497 |
| Predecessor | al-Mustanjid |
| Successor | al-Mustamsik |
| Born | 1416 Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate now Egypt |
| Died | 27 September 1497 (aged 80–81) Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate now Egypt |
| Burial | Egypt |
| Issue | al-Mustamsik |
| Father | Ya'qub bin al-Mutawakkil I |
| Mother | Haj al-Malik |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Al-Mutawakkil II (Arabic: أبو العز عبد العزيز المتوكل على الله, Abū l-ʿIzz ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; 1416 – 27 September 1497) was the fifteenth Abbasid caliph of Cairo for the Mamluk Sultanate between 1479 and 1497. His father, Ya'qub, was son of Al-Mutawakkil I.