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), 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).