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al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph) (r.934–946), the second Fatimid caliph in Ifriqiya al-Qa'im (Abbasid caliph at Baghdad) (1031–1075), son of al-Qadir Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Faraj, rival sultan to Muhammad IV of Granada in 1327
Al-Qa'im (Arabic: القائم, Kurdish: قائیم ) is an Iraqi border town located nearly 400 km (248 mi) northwest of Baghdad near the Syrian border and situated along the Euphrates River, and located in the Al Anbar Governorate.
Al-Qa'im rejected these overtures in a letter that reiterated the Fatimids' claims to universal dominion as the rightful heirs of Muhammad. [62] A fragment of a long poem by al-Qa'im, exhorting the inhabitants of Fustat to emulate the Ifriqiyan example and follow the rightful Fatimid da'wa, also survives, via a copy sent to Baghdad. [63]
Al-Qa'im was born on 8 November 1001. He was the son of Abbasid caliph al-Qadir (r. 991–1031) and his concubine named Qatr al-Nada (died 1060), an Armenian or Greek, also known as Alam.
According to a US defense official, the strikes were carried out in two sites in western Iraq, including Al-Qa’im near the Syrian border, as well as Jurf al-Sakhar south of Baghdad.
At the same time, some traditions emphasize that every imam is the qa'im of his own age (qa'im ahl zamanihi). [1] [20] Sachedina notes that the titles al-Qa'im has more of a political emphasis than the eschatological title al-Mahdi. [21] More specifically, the title al-Qa'im signifies the rise of the twelfth Imam against tyranny, [22] though a ...
Al-Qa'im border crossing (Arabic: معبر القائم الحدودي) between Syria and Iraq is one of the major supply routes across the Middle East. It connects the town of Abu Kamal in Syria's Deir ez-Zor Governorate to the city of Husaybah , in the Al-Qa'im District of Iraq's Anbar Governorate .
Al-Qa'im District (Arabic: قضاء القائم) is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, on the border with Syria. It is centred on the town of Al-Qa'im. The Euphrates river flows through it. At its western end, in the city of Husaybah, is the Al-Qa'im border crossing to Abu Kamal in Syria's Deir ez-Zor Governorate. [1]