Editing Al-Mustarshid (section)

==Family==
Al-Mustarshid's only wife was [[Khatun (daughter of Ahmad Sanjar)|Amira Khatun]],<ref name="G&uuml">{{cite thesis | last=Güney | first=Alime Okumuş | title=Orta Asya Türk-İslâm devletlerinde evlilikler ve evlilik gelenekleri | publisher=Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü | date=2020-12-29 | url=https://acikbilim.yok.gov.tr/handle/20.500.12812/441011 | access-date=2024-01-13|page=49| type=masterThesis }}</ref> the daughter of Seljuk sultan [[Ahmad Sanjar]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Lambton | first=A.K.S. | title=Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia | publisher=Bibliotheca Persica | series=Bibliotheca Persica | year=1988 | isbn=978-0-88706-133-2 | pages=268}}</ref> They married in 1124.<ref name="TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi">{{cite web | title=SENCER | website=TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi | url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/sencer | language=tr | access-date=2021-08-31}}</ref> One of his concubines was Khushf. She was from Iraq, and was the mother of his son, the future Caliph [[Al-Rashid Billah]].<ref name="الدكتور 2009">{{cite book | last=الدكتور | first=عبد القادر بوباية ،الأستاذ | title=الاكتفاء في اخبار الخلفاء 1-2 ج2 | publisher=Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية | year=2009 | pages=489}}</ref> He had another son who died of smallpox in 1131 aged twenty one.<ref>{{cite book | last=Richards | first=D.S. | title=The Chronicle of Ibn Al-Athir for the Crusading Period from Al-Kamil Fi'L-Ta'Rikh.: The Years 491-541/1097-1146 the Coming of the Franks and the Muslim Response | publisher=Ashgate | series=Crusade texts in translation | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-7546-6950-0 | page=289}}</ref>