al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
Abu Ali al-Mansur (Arabic: أبو علي المنصور, romanized: Abū ʿAlī al-Manṣūr; 13 August 985 – 13 February 1021), better 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 the sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili imam (996–1021). Al-Hakim is an important figure in a number of Shia Ismaili sects, such as the world's 15 million Nizaris and 1–2 million Musta'lis, in addition to 2 million Druze.
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Gold dinar of al-Hakim minted in 391 AH (1000/1001 CE) | |||||
| Imam–Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate | |||||
| Reign | 14 October 996 – 13 February 1021 | ||||
| Predecessor | al-Aziz Billah | ||||
| Successor | al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah | ||||
| Born | al-Mansur 13 August 985 Cairo, Fatimid Egypt | ||||
| Disappeared | 13 February 1021 (aged 35) Mokattam, Cairo, Fatimid Egypt | ||||
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| Dynasty | Fatimid | ||||
| Father | al-Aziz Billah | ||||
| Mother | as-Sayyidah al-'Azīziyyah | ||||
| Religion | Ismaili Shia Islam | ||||
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Histories of al-Hakim can prove controversial, as diverse views of his life and legacy exist. Historian Paul Walker writes "Ultimately, both views of him, the mad and despotic tyrant (like Germanic and Roman despots) irrationally given to killing those around him on a whim, and the ideal supreme ruler, divinely ordained and chosen, whose every action was just and righteous, were to persist, the one among his enemies and those who rebelled against him, and the other in the hearts of true believers, who, while perhaps perplexed by events, nonetheless remained avidly loyal to him to the end."critics misname him as "Nero of Egypt".