Al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah

al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah
الظاهر لإعزاز دين الله
Gold dinar of al-Zahir
ImamCaliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
Reign1021–1036
Predecessoral-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
Successoral-Mustansir Billah
Born20 June 1005
Cairo, Fatimid Egypt
Died13 June 1036 (aged 30)
Cairo, Fatimid Egypt
SpouseRasad, amongst others
Issueal-Mustansir Billah
DynastyFatimid
ReligionIsma'ili Shia Islam

Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥākim (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي ابن الحاكم; 20 June 1005 – 13 June 1036), better known with his regnal name al-Ẓāhir li-Iʿzāz Dīn Allāh (Arabic: الظاهر لإعزاز دين الله, lit.'He Who Appears Openly to Strengthen the Religion of God'[1]), was the seventh caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (1021–1036). Al-Zahir assumed the caliphate after the disappearance of his father al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

  1. ^ Brett 2017, p. 157.