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), 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).