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, a
Gold dinar of al-Hafiz, minted at Alexandria in 1149
The Bab al-Nasr gate in Cairo, photographed in 1867
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
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Abu Ali al-Mansur ibn al-Musta'li, better known by his regnal name al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah was the tenth Fatimid caliph, ruling from 1101 to his death in 1130, and the 20th imam of the Musta'li Isma'il
Al-Hafiz
…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…
Gold dinar of al-Amir, minted in Cairo, 514 AH (1119/20 CE)