2021-05-17 Mon

Al-Qaim bi-Amrillah was the second caliph of the Fatimid caliphate and 12th Imam of the Ismaili faith.

After his father Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah (910-934) seized power in Ifriqiya he was named heir to the throne in 912, and helped put down several revolts. On 24th January 914 Fatimid launched an expedition against Egypt. The first invasion took place under the leadership of Fatimid al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah. He captured the Cyrenaica, Alexandria and the Fayyum Oasis, but failed to take Fustat.

He led the two early Fatimid invasions of Egypt. Represent here is a Gold Dinar of al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph in 934–946.

From 944 to 947 the realm was plunged into crisis by the revolt of Abu Yazid, who had united the Kharijite Berber tribes of the Aures Mountains of eastern Algeria and overrun Ifriqiya. Imam Al-Qa'im was able to hold out in Mahdia with the help of the navy for over a year, but died (13th Shawwal 334 AH (Mahdiyya)/17 May 946) before the revolt could be put down.

He was succeeded by his son Ismail al-Mansur.

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