| al-Zafir | |
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| Imam–Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate | |
| Reign | 1149 – 1154 |
| Predecessor | al-Hafiz li-Din Allah |
| Successor | al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah |
| Born | 23 February 1133 |
| Died | 1 or 15 April 1154 (aged 21) Cairo |
| Dynasty | Fatimid |
| Father | al-Hafiz |
| Religion | Hafizi Isma'ilism |
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Abū Manṣūr Ismāʿīl ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ (Arabic: أبو منصور إسماعيل بن الحافظ, February 1133 – April 1154), better known by his regnal name al-Ẓāfir bi-Aʿdāʾ Allāh (الظافر بأعداء الله, lit. 'Victor over God's Enemies')[1] or al-Ẓāfir bi-Amr Allāh (الظافر بأمر الله, lit. 'Victorious by the Command of God'),[2] was the twelfth Fatimid caliph, reigning in Egypt from 1149 to 1154, and the 22nd imam of the Hafizi Ismaili sect.
- ^ Bianquis 2002, p. 382.
- ^ Halm 2014, p. 223.