al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh

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al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh was a child Fatimid caliph of Egypt whose brief reign in the mid-12th century was dominated by powerful viziers amid the dynasty’s political decline.

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al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fatimid caliph
child ruler
ageAtAccession child
associatedSect Ismaʿili Shia Islam
linked to: Ismaili Shia
associatedWith Cairo-based Fatimid court
caliphalLine Ismaʿili Shia
linked to: Ismaili Shia
caliphalTitle al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh
caliphate Fatimid Caliphate
capital Cairo
dynasty Fatimid dynasty
linked to: Fatimid Caliphate
era Islamic Golden Age (late phase)
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
ethnicity Arab
father al-Ẓāfir bi-Amr Allāh
givenName Abū’l-Qāsim ʿĪsā
governmentTypeDuringReign vizier-dominated monarchy
historicalContext decline of the Fatimid Caliphate
house Fatimid
linked to: Fatimid Caliphate
knownAs al-Fāʾiz
languageOfCourt Arabic
notableFor being a minor during his entire reign
reign dominated by powerful viziers
notableVizierDuringReign Ṭalāʾiʿ ibn Ruzzīk
period mid-12th century
politicalPower largely nominal
politicalStatusOfCaliphate weakened and fragmented
predecessor al-Ẓāfir bi-Amr Allāh
realPowerHeldBy viziers
region Eastern Mediterranean
North Africa
reignEnd 1160
reignStart 1154
religion Islam
seatOfCaliphate Cairo
sovereignOf Fatimid domains in Egypt
successionType hereditary
successor al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh
territoryRuled Egypt
parts of Syria
title Caliph of the Fatimids
linked to: Fatimid caliph

Imam of the Ismaʿili community
typeOfRule theocratic monarchy

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al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh predecessor al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh
al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh caliphalTitle al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh
al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh predecessor al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh
subject linked to: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh