List of Fatimid

caliphs

This is a list of an Arab dynasty, the Shi'ite caliphs of the Fatimid dynasty (909–1171). The Shi'ite
caliphs were also regarded at the same time as the imams of the Isma'ili branch of Shi'a Islam.
 Fatimid Caliph

Gold dinar of al-Mustansir, with the inscriptions in the concentric circles typical of Fatimid coinage

Residence Raqqada

Mahdia

al-Mansuriya

Fatimid Great Palaces, Cairo (973–1171)

Formation November 909

First holder Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah

(873 AD - Al-Salamiyah, Syria)

Abolished September 1171

 Regnal
# Coin Kunya Given name Reign Birth Death Remar
name

1 Abu Abd Allah al-Mahdi 27 August 873 4 March 934 His claim
Muhammad ‫عبد اهلل‬ bi'llah 909 – Salamiyah, be the M
‫أبو محمد‬ ‫المهدي‬ 4 March Syria caused
934 Qarmat
schism
899. Fl
Salamiy
903, an
settled
Sijilmas
905 wh
Abu
Abdallah
Shi'i
overthr
the
Aghlab
and
establis
the Fati
Caliphat
his nam
909. Fat
rule ov
Ifriqiya w
consolid
and
extende
Sicily, b
three
attempt
invade E
and the
 attack t
Abbasi
failed

Only son
al-Mah
bi'llah,
reign w
domina
al-Qa'im
by the
bi-Amr 4 March 893
Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad Khariji
2 Allah 934 – Salamiyah, 17 May 946
‫ابو القاسم‬ ‫محمد‬ revolt of
‫القائم بأمر‬ 17 May 946 Syria
Yazid, w
‫اهلل‬
reduced
Fatimid
their pal
city, a
Mahdiy

Defeated
rebellion
al-Mansur Abu Yaz
17 May 946
bi-Nasr and resu
Abu Tahir Isma'il – 913
3 Allah 18 March 953 the wa
‫أبو طاهر‬ ‫اسماعیل‬ 18 March Raqqada
‫المنصور‬ against
953
‫بنصر اهلل‬ Byzanti
in south
Italy.

4 Abu Tamim Ma'ad al-Mu'izz 19 March 26 18 December His gen

‫أبو تميم‬ ‫معد‬ li-Din 953 – September 975 Jawha
Allah 18 931 occupi
‫المعز لدين‬ December most of
‫اهلل‬ 975 Maghreb
him, an
proceede
conqu
Egypt in
 In 973,
Mu'iz
moved
Fatim
court a
capital
newly
founde
Cairo. T
Zirids w
left in Ifr
as Fatim
viceroy

Succeed
in expan
Fatim
18 control o
al-Aziz December most o
Abu Mansur Nizar 10 May 14 October
5 bi'llah 975 – Syria, wh
‫أبو منصور‬ ‫نزار‬ 955 996
‫العزيز باهلل‬ 13 October he ente
996 into con
with th
Byzanti
over Ale

6 Abu Ali Mansur al-Hakim 14 October 13 August 13 February Conclud

‫أبو علي‬ ‫المنصور‬ bi-Amr 996 – 985 1021 lastin
Allah 13 February (disappeared) peace w
‫الحاكم بأمر‬ 1021 the
‫اهلل‬ Byzanti
in 1000.
is a
respect
religio
Figure
Because
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knowled
and Ex
ordina
Persona
Some pe
praise h
like a g
and it
cause
much
upheav
and ga
birth to
Druze fa
He
disappea
and wa
likely
murder
during
night
excursi

His rei
al-Zahir li- represen
i'zaz Din 13 February return
Abu'l-Hasan Ali Allah 1021 – 20 June normal
7 13 June 1036
‫ابو الحسن‬ ‫علي‬ ‫الظاهر‬ 13 June 1005 after a
‫إلعزاز دين‬ 1036 Hakim
‫اهلل‬ turbule
final yea

8 Abu Tamim Ma'ad al- 13 June 2 July 29 December The long

‫أبو تميم‬ ‫معد‬ Mustansir 1036[a] – 1029 1094/ 6 reignin
bi'llah 29 Cairo January Fatim
December caliph,
 ‫المستنصر‬ 1094/ 6 1095[8][9] reign s
‫باهلل‬ January Cairo increas
1095[6][7] politic
instabi
and the n
collapse
the dyna
at the ha
of the Su
warlor
Nasir a
Dawla
Hamda
The
Armeni
general B
al-Jam
restore
order a
saved t
dynasty,
installe
himself
virtua
milita
dictato
("vizier o
sword
independ
of the ca

9 Abu'l-Qasim Ahmad al- 29 16 12 December Probably

‫ابو القاسم‬ ‫أحمد‬ Musta'li December September 1101 younge
bi'llah 1094/6 1074 son of
‫المستعلي‬ January Cairo Mustan
‫باهلل‬ he wa
 1095[10][11]– raised to
1101 throne
Badr's s
and
success
al-Afd
Shahans
This cau
the rebe
and deat
his old
brothe
Nizar, a
split th
Isma'
movem
into riv
Musta'li
Nizar
branche
puppet o
Afdal, h
reign s
the arriv
the Fir
Crusad

10 Abu Ali Mansur al-Amir 1101 – 8 31 8 October Raised to

‫أبو علي‬ ‫منصور‬ bi-Ahkam October December 1130 throne a
Allah 1130 1096 child by
‫اآلمر بأحكام‬ Afdal, w
‫اهلل‬ was h
uncle a
became
father-in-
Until a
 Afdal
murder
1021. H
reign s
the
progress
loss of
coast
cities of
Levant to
Crusade

Interregnum due to al-Amir dying without a stable succession other than the infant al-Tayyib, wh
was killed soon after. Regency of Abd al-Majid (the future al-Hafiz) and usurpation of Kutay

11 Abu'l- Abd al- al-Hafiz li- 23 January 1074/5 8 October The old
Maymun Majid Din Allah 1132 – 1149 survivi
‫أبو الميمون‬ ‫عبد المجيد‬ ‫الحافظ لدين‬ 8 October grandso
‫اهلل‬ 1149 al-Must
he beca
regen
following
Amir's de
and claim
the calip
following
murder
Kutayfat
irregul
success
caused
split o
Musta
Isma'ili
into Ha
and Tay
branch
 His rei
was
relative
peacef
abroad,
turbule
domestic
as he ha
confro
over-mig
viziers a
even th
ambition
his ow
sons. H
was the
Fatim
caliph
exercise
author
over th
governm

Al-Zafir
bi-Amr
Abu Mansur Isma'il February
12 Allah 1149–1154 March 1154
‫أبو منصور‬ ‫اسماعیل‬ 1133
‫الظافر بأمر‬
‫اهلل‬

al-Fa'iz bi-
Nasr
Abu'l-Qasim Isa
13 Allah 1154–1160 1149 23 July 1160
‫ابو القاسم‬ ‫عيسى‬
‫الفائز بيناصر‬
‫اهلل‬

14 Abu Abdallah al-Adid li- 1160–1171 16 May 13 September

Muhammad ‫عبداهلل‬ Din Allah 1151 1171
‫أبو محمد‬
 ‫العاضد لدين‬
‫اهلل‬

Family tree of Fatimid caliphs

Mahdi Billāh

Al-Qā'im

Al-Mansur

Al-Mu'izz

Al-Aziz

Al-Hakim

Al-Zahir

Al-Mustansir

Nizār al-Muṣṭafá Al-Mustā‘lī

Muhammad
(Nizārīyyah) (Mustā‘līyyah)

Al-Ḥāfīz
Al-Āmīr
(Ḥāfīzīyyah)

Aṭ-Ṭāyyīb
Al-Zāfīr Yūssuf
(Ṭāyyībīyyah)

Al-Fā'īz Al-'Āḍīd

See also
Notes

References

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