Al-Afdal Shahanshah

al-Afdal Shahanshah
Vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
In office
1094–1121
Monarchsal-Mustansir Billah, al-Musta'li Billah, al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Preceded byBadr al-Jamali
Succeeded byal-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi
Personal details
Born1066
Acre, Fatimid Caliphate
Died11 December 1121 (aged 54–55)
Cairo, Fatimid Caliphate
ChildrenSama' al-Mulk
Kutayfat
Parent
  • Badr al-Jamali (father)

Al-Afdal Shahanshah (Arabic: الأفضل شاهنشاه, romanizedal-Afḍal Shāhanshāh; Latin: Lavendalius/Elafdalio; 1066 – 11 December 1121), born Abu al-Qasim Shahanshah bin Badr al-Jamali, was a vizier of the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt. According to a later biographical encyclopedia, he was surnamed al-Malik al-Afdal ("the excellent king"),[1] but this is not supported by contemporary sources.

  1. ^ Ibn Khallikan (1843). "Al-Afdal Shahanshah". Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary. Translated by Mac Guckin de Slane. Paris. pp. 612–615.