Al-Zafir
Abū Manṣūr Ismāʿīl ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ (, February 1133 – April 1154), better known by his regnal name al-Ẓāfir bi-Amr Allāh (, ) or al-Ẓāfir bi-Aʿdāʾ Allāh (, ), was the twelfth Fatimid caliph, reigning in Egypt from 1149 to 1154, and the 22nd imam of the Hafizi Isma'ili branch of Shia Islam.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- al-Zafir bi-Amr Allah
- Royalty.succession
- Imam–Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
- Royalty.image
- Caliph al-Zafir in conversation with a nobleman (Caliph enthroned). Hafiz-i Abru's Majma al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of History). Timurid Persia, Herat, circa 1425.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Caliph al-Zafir in conversation with a nobleman (Caliph enthroned). Hafiz-i Abru's Majma al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of History). Timurid Persia, Herat, circa 1425
- Royalty.reign
- 1149 – 1154
- Royalty.predecessor
- al-Hafiz li-Din Allah
- Royalty.successor
- al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah
- Royalty.birth_date
- 23 February 1133
- Royalty.death_date
- 1 or
- Royalty.death_place
- Cairo
- Royalty.religion
- Hafizi Isma'ilism
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Life
- Accession and the vizierate of Ibn Masal
- Vizierate of Ibn al-Sallar
- Murder and aftermath
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- Sources
Abū Manṣūr Ismāʿīl ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ (, February 1133 – April 1154), better known by his regnal name al-Ẓāfir bi-Amr Allāh (, ) or al-Ẓāfir bi-Aʿdāʾ Allāh (, ), was the twelfth Fatimid caliph, reigning in Egypt from 1149 to 1154, and the 22nd imam of the Hafizi Isma'ili branch of Shia Islam.
==Life== The future al-Zafir was born on 23 February 1133, as the fifth son of the eleventh Fatimid imam-caliph, al-Hafiz li-Din Allah (). As all his older brothers predeceased their father, al-Zafir was appointed heir-apparent.