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Al-Hafiz
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Abūʾl-Maymūn ʿAbd al-Majīd ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanṣir, better known by his regnal name as al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allāh (), was the eleventh Fatimid caliph, ruling over Egypt from 1132 to his death in 1149, and the 21st imam of Hafizi Isma'ilism.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- al-Hafiz li-Din Allah
- Royalty.succession
- Imam–Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
- Royalty.image
- Gold dinar of al-Hafiz li-Din Allah, AH 544.jpg
- Royalty.image_size
- 300px
- Royalty.alt
- Photo of the two sides of a gold coin with circular Arabic inscriptions
- Royalty.caption
- Gold dinar of al-Hafiz, minted at Alexandria in 1149
- Royalty.reign
- 23 January 1132 – 10 October 1149
- Royalty.predecessor
- al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
- Royalty.successor
- al-Zafir bi-Amr Allah
- Royalty.birth_date
- 1074/5 or 1075/6
- Royalty.birth_place
- Ascalon
- Royalty.death_date
- 10 October 1149 (aged 72–75)
- Royalty.death_place
- Cairo
- Royalty.religion
- Isma'ilism
- Royalty.house
- Fatimid
- Royalty.house type
- Dynasty
- Royalty.father
- Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad ibn al-Mustansir Billah
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- 'Abd al-Majid
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Ashkelon
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Child
- Al-Zafir
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Family
- Fatimids
- Image
- Gold dinar of al-Hafiz li-Din Allah, AH 544.jpg
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- name in native language
- الحافظ لدين الله
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- Al-Hafiz li-Din Allah
- relative
- Abu'l-Qasim al-Tayyib
- different from
- Hafez
- date of death
- 1149-10-10
- date of birth
- 1074-09-01
- ethnic group
- Arabs
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Regency and imprisonment
- Rise to the throne and the Hafizi–Tayyibi schism
- Reign
- Vizierate of Yanis and first personal regime, 1132–1134
- Vizierates of al-Hafiz's sons, 1134–1135
- Vizierate of Bahram, 1135–1137
- Regime of Ridwan, 1137–1139
- Return to personal rule, 1139–1149
- Death and legacy
- Buildings
- Footnotes
- References
- Sources
Abūʾl-Maymūn ʿAbd al-Majīd ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanṣir, better known by his regnal name as al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allāh (), was the eleventh Fatimid caliph, ruling over Egypt from 1132 to his death in 1149, and the 21st imam of Hafizi Isma'ilism.
Al-Hafiz first rose to power as regent after the death of his cousin, al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, in October 1130. Al-Amir had only left an infant son, al-Tayyib, as a possible successor, so al-Hafiz—as the oldest surviving member of the dynasty—became regent. Al-Tayyib was apparently sidelined and possibly killed by the new regime, which was in turn overthrown within a few days by the army under Kutayfat. The latter imprisoned al-Hafiz, and moved to depose the Fatimids and replace Isma'ilism with a personal regime, possibly based on Twelver Shi'ism, with himself as the Hidden Imam's all-powerful vicegerent. Kutayfat's regime was toppled when he was murdered by Fatimid loyalists in December 1131, and al-Hafiz was freed and restored as regent.
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