al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allāh | |
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Imam–Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate | |
Reign | 4 March 934 – 17 May 946 |
Predecessor | al-Mahdi Billah |
Successor | al-Mansur Billah |
Born | March/April 893 Salamiya, Hamdanid dynasty |
Died | 17 May 946 (aged 53) Mahdiya, Fatimid Caliphate |
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House | Fatimid |
Father | al-Mahdi Billah |
Mother | Daughter of Abu'l-Shalaghlagh |
Religion | Isma'ilism |
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Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh (Arabic: أبو القاسم محمد ابن عبد الله; March/April 893 – 17 May 946), better known by his regnal name al-Qāʾim (القائم) or al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allāh ([القائم بأمر الله] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |lit= (help)), was the second caliph of the Fatimid dynasty, ruling in Ifriqiya from 934 to 946. He was the twelfth Isma'ili Imam, succeeding his father Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah (r. 909–934).