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Al-Mustansir Billah

al-Mustansir Billah
المستنصر بالله الفاطمي
Calif al Mustansir Misr 1055.jpg
Gold coin of Caliph al-Mustansir, Misr, 1055 CE.
Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
Reign 1036 – 1094
Predecessor az-Zahir
Successor al-Musta‘li
Born July 5, 1029
Cairo, Egypt
Died January 10, 1094
(aged 64)
Egypt
Issue al-Musta‘li
al-Majid
Full name
Kunya: Abu Tamim
Given name: Ma'ad
Laqab: al-Mustansir Billah
Father az-Zahir
Mother ?
Religion Ismailism
Full name
Kunya: Abu Tamim
Given name: Ma'ad
Laqab: al-Mustansir Billah

Abū Tamīm Ma‘ad al-Mustanṣir bi-llāh (Arabic: أبو تميم معد المستنصر بالله‎‎‎; July 5, 1029 – January 10, 1094) was the eighth caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate from 1036 until 1094. He was the longest reigning Muslim ruler.

He was born in Cairo on 16th Jumada II, 420 AH and at the age of only eight months was declared to succeed his father. His name was Ma'd Abu Tamim, surnamed al-Mustansir bil-Lah ("The Asker Of Victory From God"). He ascended to the Fatimid Caliphate throne on 15th Shaban, 427/June 13, 1036 at the age of 6. During the early years of his Caliphate, the state affairs were administered by his mother. His period of Caliphate lasted for 60 years, the longest of all the caliphs, either in Egypt or elsewhere in Islamic states. However, Fatimid power was confined to Egypt due to conquests of Seljuks in Levant and Yemen and Normans in Sicily and Malta.

He has constructed a special qibla at one of a pillar in the Mosque of Ibn Tulun. At the qibla top his name is clearly engraved along with Shahada recited by public in Fatimid era specifically the phrase 'Ali-un-Vali-ul-lah'.

Prominent Dai/Vizir of his era are as under:

Prominent architecture of his era are as under:

Between 457/1065 and 464/1072, famine degraded conditions in Egypt from bad to worse. Meanwhile, in 454/1062 and again in 459/1067, the struggle between the Turkish and Sudanese soldiery deteriorated into open warfare, ending in a victory for the Turks.


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