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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]
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".
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. [1]
The House of Knowledge (Arabic: دار العلم, romanized: Dār al-ʿIlm) was an ancient university built by the Fatimid Caliphate in Cairo in 1004 CE. Originally a library, the House of Knowledge was converted to a state university by the Fatimid Imam-Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah in the same year.
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 ...
Epistles 109 and 110 are dated latest, written by al-Muqtana Baha'uddin in 1042 AD. Epistles 36 to 40 are attributed to Isma'il al-Tamimi ibn Muhammad. The first epistle opens with the goodbye message from al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, the embodied deity in the Druze faith.
Al-Aziz Billah, died 996, 5th Fatimid Caliph; Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, 6th Fatimid Caliph, disappeared 1021; Al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah, died 1036, 7th Fatimid Caliph; Al-Mustansir Billah, died 1094, 8th Fatimid Caliph; Al-Musta'li Billah, died 1101, 9th Fatimid Caliph, son of Al-Mustansir Billah; Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, died 1130, 10th Fatimid ...
He was born in Zuzan in Greater Khorasan in Samanid-ruled Persia (modern Khaf, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran), and preached his heterodox strand of Isma'ilism in Cairo during the reign of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. According to Hamza, al-Hakim was God made manifest. Despite opposition from the established Isma'ili clergy, Hamza ...