Sitt al-Mulk

Sitt al-Mulk
Regent of the Fatimid Caliphate
Reign1021–1023
Predecessoral-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
SuccessorAli az-Zahir
Born970
al-Mansuriya
Died5 February 1023(1023-02-05) (aged 52–53)
Cairo
DynastyFatimid
Fatheral-Aziz Billah
Motheral-Sayyida al-Aziziyya

Sitt al-Mulk (Arabic: ست الملك, lit.'Lady of the Kingdom';[1] 970–1023) was a Fatimid princess. After the disappearance of her half-brother, the caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, in 1021, she was instrumental in securing the succession of her nephew Ali az-Zahir, and acted as the de facto ruler of the state until her death on 5 February 1023.

  1. ^ Brett 2017, p. 147.