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Coin
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Kunya
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Given name
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Regnal name
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Reign
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Birth
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Death
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Remarks
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refs
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Abu Muhammad
??? ????
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Abd Allah
??? ????
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al-Mahdi bi'llah
??????
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27 August 909 ?
4 March 934
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873
Salamiyah
, Syria
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4 March 934
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His claim to be the
Mahdi
caused the
Qarmatian
schism in 899. Fled Salamiya in 903, and settled at
Sijilmasa
in 905 while
Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i
overthrew the
Aghlabids
and established the
Fatimid Caliphate
in his name in 909. Fatimid rule over
Ifriqiya
was consolidated and extended to
Sicily
, but three attempts to invade Egypt and thence attack the Abbasids failed.
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| 2
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Abu'l-Qasim
??? ??????
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Muhammad
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al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah
?????? ???? ????
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4 March 934 ?
17 May 946
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893
Salamiyah
, Syria
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17 May 946
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Only son of al-Mahdi bi'llah, his reign was dominated by the
Kharijite
revolt of
Abu Yazid
, who reduced the Fatimids to their palace city,
al-Mahdiya
.
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| 3
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Abu Tahir
??? ????
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Isma'il
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al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah
??????? ???? ????
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17 May 946 ?
18 March 953
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913
Raqqada
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18 March 953
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Defeated the rebellion of Abu Yazid, and resumed the war against the Byzantines in southern Italy.
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| 4
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Abu Tamim
??? ????
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Ma'ad
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al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
????? ???? ????
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19 March 953 ?
18 December 975
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26 September 931
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18 December 975
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His general
Jawhar
occupied most of the
Maghreb
for him, and proceeded to
conquer Egypt
in 969. In 973, al-Mu'izz moved the Fatimid court and capital to newly founded
Cairo
. The
Zirids
were left in Ifriqiya as Fatimid viceroys.
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| 5
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Abu Mansur
??? ?????
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Nizar
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al-Aziz bi'llah
?????? ?????
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18 December 975 ?
13 October 996
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10 May 955
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14 October 996
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Succeeded in expanding Fatimid control over most of
Syria
, where he entered into conflict with the Byzantines over
Aleppo
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[1]
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| 6
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Abu Ali
??? ???
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Mansur
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al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
?????? ???? ????
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14 October 996 ?
13 February 1021
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13 August 985
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13 February 1021 (disappeared)
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Concluded a lasting peace with the Byzantines in 1000. He is a respected religious figure due to his divine knowledge and extra ordinary personality. He disappeared, and was likely murdered, during a night excursion.
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| 7
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Abu'l-Hasan
??? ?????
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Ali
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al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah
?????? ?????? ??? ????
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13 February 1021 ?
13 June 1036
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20 June 1005
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13 June 1036
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His reign represents a return to normality after al-Hakim's turbulent final years.
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| 8
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Abu Tamim
??? ????
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Ma'ad
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al-Mustansir bi'llah
???????? ?????
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13 June 1036
[a]
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29 December 1094/ 6 January 1095
[6]
[7]
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2 July 1029
Cairo
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29 December 1094/ 6 January 1095
[8]
[9]
Cairo
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The longest-reigning Fatimid caliph, his reign saw increasing political instability and the near collapse of the dynasty at the hands of the
Sunni
warlord
Nasir al-Dawla ibn Hamdan
. The Armenian general
Badr al-Jamali
restored order and saved the dynasty, but installed himself as a virtual military dictator ("
vizier
of the sword") independent of the caliph.
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| 9
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Abu'l-Qasim
??? ??????
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Ahmad
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al-Musta'li bi'llah
???????? ?????
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29 December 1094/6 January 1095
[10]
[11]
?1101
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16 September 1074
Cairo
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12 December 1101
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Probably the youngest son of al-Mustansir, he was raised to the throne by Badr's son and successor,
al-Afdal Shahanshah
. This caused the rebellion and death of his older brother
Nizar
, and split the Isma'ili movement into rival
Musta'li
and
Nizari
branches. A puppet of al-Afdal, his reign saw the arrival of the
First Crusade
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| 10
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Abu Ali
??? ???
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Mansur
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al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
????? ?????? ????
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1101 ? 8 October 1130
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31 December 1096
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8 October 1130
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Raised to the throne as a child by al-Afdal, who was his uncle and became his father-in-law. Until al-Afdal's murder in 1021. His reign saw the progressive loss of the coastal cities of the
Levant
to the Crusaders.
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| Interregnum
due to al-Amir dying without a stable succession other than the infant
al-Tayyib
, who died or was killed soon after. Regency of Abd al-Majid (the future al-Hafiz) and usurpation of
Kutayfat
.
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| 11
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Abu'l-Maymun
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Abd al-Majid
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al-Hafiz li-Din Allah
?????? ???? ????
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23 January 1132 ?
8 October 1149
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1074/5
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8 October 1149
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The oldest surviving grandson of al-Musta'li, he became regent following al-Amir's death, and claimed the caliphate following the murder of Kutayfat. His irregular succession caused the split of Musta'li Isma'ilism into
Hafizi
and
Tayyibi
branches. His reign was relatively peaceful abroad, but turbulent domestically, as he had to confront over-mighty viziers and even the ambitions of his own sons. He was the last Fatimid caliph to exercise true authority over the government.
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| 12
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Abu Mansur
??? ?????
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Isma'il
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Al-Zafir bi-Amr Allah
?????? ???? ????
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1149?1154
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February 1133
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March 1154
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His rule marks the beginning of the end for the Fatimid state: from then on the caliphs were underage youths, sidelined and mere puppets
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[12]
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| 13
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Abu'l-Qasim
??? ??????
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Isa
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al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah
?????? ?????? ????
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1154?1160
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1149
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23 July 1160
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Raised to the throne at the age of five after the murder of his father by the
vizier
Abbas ibn Abi al-Futuh
, and spent his entire life as a
puppet
of Abbas' successor,
Tala'i ibn Ruzzik
. Experiencing
epileptic seizures
, al-Fa'iz died from an episode at the age of eleven, and his nephew,
al-Adid
, the final Fatimid caliph, succeeded him.
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| 14
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Abu Muhammad
??? ????
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Abdallah
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al-Adid li-Din Allah
?????? ???? ????
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1160?1171
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16 May 1151
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13 September 1171
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Al-Adid, a child ruler, became a puppet of powerful figures as the Fatimid Caliphate crumbled.
Saladin
took control, dismantled the regime, and suppressed Isma'ilism.
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