Al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph)

al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allāh
Gold dinar of al-Qa'im
ImamCaliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
Reign4 March 934 – 17 May 946
Predecessoral-Mahdi Billah
Successoral-Mansur Billah
BornMarch/April 893
Salamiya, Hamdanid dynasty
Died17 May 946 (aged 53)
Mahdiya, Fatimid Caliphate
Issue
  • al-Qasim
  • Isma'il
  • several unknown sons
HouseFatimid
Fatheral-Mahdi Billah
MotherDaughter of Abu'l-Shalaghlagh
ReligionIsma'ilism

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).