Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah

al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
المعز لدين الله
Gold dinar of al-Mu'izz, minted in Cairo, 973 AD
ImamCaliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
Reign19 March 953 – 21 December 975
Predecessoral-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah
Successoral-Aziz Billah
Born26 September 931
Mahdia, Fatimid Caliphate
Died21 December 975 (aged 44)
SpouseDurzan
Issue
Names
Kunya: Abu Tamim
Given name: Ma'ad
Laqab: al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
DynastyFatimid
Fatheral-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah
ReligionIsma'ili Shia Islam

Abu Tamim Ma'ad al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (Arabic: أبو تميم معد المعزّ لدين الله, romanizedAbū Tamīm Maʿad al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh, lit.'Glorifier of the Religion of God'; 26 September 932 – 19 December 975) was the fourth Fatimid caliph and the 14th Ismaili imam, reigning from 953 to 975. It was during his caliphate that the center of power of the Fatimid dynasty was moved from Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) to Egypt. The Fatimids founded the city of Cairo (al-Qāhirah, "the Victorious") in 969 as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt.[1]

  1. ^ Langer, William Leonard (1968). An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. Houghton Mifflin. p. 286.