al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah
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Abūʾl-Qāsim ʿĪsā ibn al-Ẓāfir (
Life
The future al-Fa'iz was born as Abu'l-Qasim Isa, the son of the twelfth
The bloody events soon resulted in Abbas' own downfall. Terrified women in the Fatimid family called upon the Armenian-born governor of Asyut, Tala'i ibn Ruzzik, for assistance, reportedly sending their own cut hair in supplication.[3][5] Ibn Ruzzik readily agreed and marched on Cairo. Abbas tried to resist, but faced general opposition: most of the troops were reluctant to support him or defected outright, and the remainder found themselves under attack by the populace with stones. In the end, on 29 May Abbas had to force his way out of the capital with his son and a handful of followers. The party made for Syria but was intercepted on 6 June by the Crusaders near the Dead Sea. Abbas was killed, and Nasr was sold to the Fatimids; he was mutilated and beaten to death by the palace women.[3][6]
Ibn Ruzzik was named vizier with plenipotentiary powers on 17 June,
Ibn Ruzzik's position was not without its challenges: in 1155, and again in 1157, he faced uprisings against him by provincial governors.
Al-Fa'iz died during an epileptic seizure on 22 July 1160.[2][4] Ibn Ruzzik chose another underage child to succeed him: al-Fa'iz's nine-year-old cousin al-Adid, who was wed to one of the vizier's daughters for good measure.[4][14] He was to be the last Fatimid caliph.[15]
See also
- List of rulers of Egypt
References
- ^ a b c Halm 2014, p. 237.
- ^ a b c d Daftary 2007, p. 250.
- ^ a b c d Brett 2017, p. 283.
- ^ a b c Halm 2014, p. 247.
- ^ Halm 2014, p. 238.
- ^ Halm 2014, pp. 238–240.
- ^ Halm 2014, pp. 241–242.
- ^ Cortese & Calderini 2006, p. 114.
- ^ Brett 2017, pp. 283–285.
- ^ Halm 2014, p. 242.
- ^ a b Brett 2017, p. 285.
- ^ Halm 2014, pp. 242–243.
- ^ Brett 2017, pp. 284–285.
- ^ Daftary 2007, pp. 250–251.
- ^ Daftary 2007, pp. 251–252.
Sources
- Brett, Michael (2017). The Fatimid Empire. The Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-4076-8.
- Cortese, Delia; Calderini, Simonetta (2006). Women and the Fatimids in the World of Islam. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0-7486-1733-7.
- ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2.
- ISBN 978-3-406-66163-1.