Daoud ibn al-Adid
Daoud ibn al-Adid (also spelled Dawud and Da'ud; Arabic: داود بن العاضد, romanized: Dāwūd ibn al-ʿĀḍid), known by the regnal name of al-Ḥāmid liʾllāh (الحامد لله) among his followers, was the 25th imam of Hafizi Isma'ilism, and pretender to the Fatimid Caliphate.
Daoud al-Hamid li-llah | |
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| Imam of Hafizi Isma'ilism | |
| In office 1171 — 1207/8 | |
| Preceded by | Al-Adid li-Din Allah (as Fatimid caliph) |
| Succeeded by | Sulayman Badr al-Din |
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| Born | Daoud ibn al-Adid |
| Died | 1207/8 |
| Religion | Shi'a Islam |
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| Sect | Hafizi Isma'ilism |
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Daoud was the oldest son of the last Fatimid caliph, al-Adid. When al-Adid died in 1171, Daoud was a child. He was not allowed to succeed to the throne by the all-powerful vizier, Saladin, who inaugurated his own Ayyubid regime instead. Like the rest of his family, Daoud spent the rest of his life until his death in 1207/8 in captivity, despite occasional revolts and conspiracies by Fatimid sympathizers. He is reported to have had a son, Sulayman Badr al-Din, conceived in secret, who became the last Hafizi imam.