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The activities of Kirmani and other da'is soon led to concrete results in Iraq: in 1010 the ruler of Mosul, Kufa and other towns acknowledged the suzerainty of Hakim. The 16th Fatimid imam, caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (996–1021) ordered his da'i, Harun ibn Muhammad in Yemen, to give decisions in light of Da'a'im al-Islam only. [24]
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. 996–1021) Sitt al-Mulk: Other children: Abu'l-Hasan Ali al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah (r. 1021–1036) Abu Tamim Ma'ad al-Mustansir bi'llah (r. 1036–1094) Abu Mansur Nizar § Abu Abdallah: Abdallah: Isma'il: Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad: Other children: Abu'l-Qasim Ahmad al-Musta'li bi'llah (r. 1094–1101) al-Husayn: Nizari ...
Abd al-Rahman's father was Sa'id ibn al-Husayn, the future Caliph Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah. Abd al-Rahman's mother was Sa'id's paternal cousin, the daughter of Abu Ali Muhammad, known as Abu'l-Shalaghlagh, who had fostered Sa'id when he became orphaned as a youth; her name is not recorded.
Nizar, the future al-Aziz Billah, was born on 10 May 955, the third son of the fourth Fatimid Caliph, al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (r. 953–975 ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His mother, Durzan, usually known as al-Sayyida al-Muʿizzīya ('the Lady of al-Mu'izz') was the chief concubine of al-Mu'izz, and likely of Bedouin origin.
A caliph is the supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the caliphate. [1] [2] Caliphs (also known as 'Khalifas') led the Muslim Ummah as political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, [3] and widely-recognised caliphates have existed in various forms for most of Islamic history.
In Cairo, Dar al-Hikmah, the "House of Wisdom", was another name of the House of Knowledge, founded by the Fatimid Caliph, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah in 1004. [2] Included in this House of Knowledge was a library that had a collection so vast, it was known as a "Wonder of the World".
al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah Gold dinar of al-Amir, minted in Cairo, 514 AH (1119/20 CE) Imam – Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate Reign 1101–1130 Predecessor al-Musta'li Successor al-Hafiz (as caliph and Hafizi imam) al-Tayyib (as Tayyibi imam) Born 31 December 1096 Cairo, Fatimid Caliphate Died 7 October 1130 (1130-10-07) (aged 33) Cairo, Fatimid Caliphate Issue al-Tayyib Names Abū ʿAlī al ...
Al-Hakim I (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد الحاكم بأمر الله; full name: , Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad al-Ḥākim bi-amr Allāh ibn Abi 'Ali al-Hasan ibn Abu Bakr; c. 1247 – 19 January 1302) was the second Abbasid caliph whose seat was in Cairo and who was subservient to the Mamluk Sultanate. He reigned between 1262 and 1302.