Al-Zafir
Sign in to saveAbū 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.
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- Ṭabaqāt al-Mālikīyah
- Taḥdhīr al-Muslimīn
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1946-04-13
Discography
- Back Up Train1967
- Green Is Blues1969
- Gets Next to You1971
- Let’s Stay Together1972
- I’m Still in Love With You1972
- Call Me1973
- Livin’ for You1973
- Explores Your Mind1974
- Al Green Is Love1975
- Full of Fire1976
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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
- Royalty.issue
- al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah
- Royalty.house
- Fatimid
- Royalty.house type
- Dynasty
- Royalty.father
- al-Hafiz
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ismael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Cairo
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Child
- Al-Faiz
- Father
- Al-Hafiz
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Fatimids
- 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
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Zafir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.