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    known by his regnal name al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (Arabic: الحاكم بأمر الله, romanized: al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, lit. 'The Ruler by the Order of God'), was...
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    after al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh (985–1021), the 6th Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismāʿīlī Imam. Construction of the mosque was originally started by Caliph al-ʿAziz...
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    practitioners. The text revolves around the acknowledgement and worship of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah as the last and definite incarnation of the One God, a belief which...
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    dynasty (1021–1036). Al-Zahir assumed the caliphate after the disappearance of his father al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. At the time of al-Hakim's disappearance on...
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  • in Cairo during the reign of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. According to Hamza, al-Hakim was God made manifest. Despite opposition from the...
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  • Salim ibn Masal installed al-Hafiz's youngest son, the 16-year-old Isma'il, as caliph with the regnal name al-Zafir bi-Amr Allah. Al-Zafir was assassinated...
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  • Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, 6th Fatimid Caliph, disappeared 1021. The Druze believe in the divinity of all Imams and split off after al-Hakim's disappearance...
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    Druze (redirect from Ahl al-Tawhīd)
    assassinated for his teachings; some sources claim that he was executed by Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. Some authorities see in the name "Druze" a descriptive epithet...
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  • Abūʾl-Qāsim ʿĪsā ibn al-Ẓāfir (Arabic: أبو القاسم عيسى بن الظافر; 1149–1160), better known by his regnal name al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh (الفائز بنصر الله)...
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  • in 1018 by the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. 996–1021). Little information is known about the early life of al-Darazi. He was also known as...
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  • Allāh (الظافر بأعداء الله, lit. 'Victor over God's Enemies') or al-Ẓāfir bi-Amr Allāh (الظافر بأمر الله, lit. 'Victorious by the Command of God'), was...
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  • this name Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (996–1021), sixth Fatimid caliph in Egypt and 16th Ismaili imam George Habash (1926–2008), also known as "Al Hakim", Palestinian...
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    Retrieved 24 April 2007. "Muhammad Al-Mahdi (386-411/996-1021)". Retrieved 17 December 2008. "al-Hakim bi Amr Allah: Fatimid Caliph of Egypt". Retrieved...
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  • 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...
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    ʿAlī al-Manṣūr al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh (996–1021). The Druze religion is founded during his lifetime. Abū'l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ẓāhir li-Iʿzāz Dīn Allāh (1021–1036)...
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  • Hasan abdicated as caliph after ruling for six or seven months. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, the nephew of Aisha, the third wife of Muhammad, led a rebellion...
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  • caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, considered by the Druze to be the manifestation of God, in 1021, inaugurated a period of anti-Druze persecution. Al-Muqtana...
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  • in 1004 CE as a library and converted by the Fatimid Imam-Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah to a state university in the same year. The House of Knowledge allowed...
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  • philosopher who rose to prominence during the Fatimid caliph-imam al-Hakim bi Amr Allah (r. 996–1021). A prominent Ismaili da'i or missionary, he was considered...
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  • (975–996) al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (996–1021) al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah (1021–1036) al-Mustansir Billah (1036–1094) al-Musta'li Billah (1094–1101) al-Amir bi-Ahkam...
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    Abu Tamim Ma'ad al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (Arabic: أبو تميم معد المعزّ لدين الله, romanized: Abū Tamīm Maʿad al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh, lit. 'Glorifier of the...
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    century, due to their leaderships close ties with then Fatimid ruler Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. The relationship between the Druze and Christians in Lebanon has...
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    Translation: Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest There is no god but Allah Allah is greatest, Allah is greatest and to Allah goes...
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    near Fustat. Al-Aziz Billah ordered him to make astronomical tables, which he completed during the reign of Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, son of Al-Aziz, and called...
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  • Nishapur, who entered the service of the Fatimid caliphs al-Aziz Billah and al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah in Cairo. His life is relatively obscure, and is known...
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    or translated in the Baghdad House of Wisdom. The actual founder al-Hākim bi-Amr Allah, assembled a group of scholars to work in the library by authoring...
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    caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, and Greek philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, and Zeno of Citium. The Epistles of Wisdom (Rasa'il al-Hikmah;...
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    control over him. Al-Aziz died on 13 October 996. His son Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (996-1021) succeeded him as Caliph. Information about al-Aziz's consorts...
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    the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, known by his critics as "the mad Caliph" or "Nero of Egypt". His son, the Fatimid Caliph Al-Zahir, allowed the...
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  • that God had become human and taken the form of man, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah is an important figure in the Druze faith whose eponymous...
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