al-ʿAzīz Billāh

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al-ʿAzīz Billāh was a 10th-century Fatimid caliph who consolidated Fatimid rule in Egypt and expanded their influence across the eastern Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 10th-century monarch ⓘ
Fatimid caliph ⓘ
Muslim ruler ⓘ
administrativeCenter Cairo ⓘ
appointedOfficial Yaʿqub ibn Killis ⓘ
birthDate c. 955 ⓘ
birthPlace Ifriqiya ⓘ
linked to: North Africa

al-Mahdiyya ⓘ
branchOfIslam Ismaʿili Shiʿism ⓘ
linked to: Ismaili Shia
burialPlace Cairo ⓘ
caliphOf Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Cairo ⓘ
child Sitt al-Mulk ⓘ
al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh ⓘ
conflictWith Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
controlledPilgrimageRoutesTo Mecca ⓘ
Medina ⓘ
deathDate 14 October 996 ⓘ
deathPlace Bilbays ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
dynasty Fatimid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid Caliphate
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
expandedControlOver Damascus ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
father al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh ⓘ
fullName Abu Mansur Nizar al-ʿAzīz Billāh ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
house House of al-Mahdi ⓘ
knownFor administrative and financial reforms ⓘ
consolidating Fatimid rule in Egypt ⓘ
expanding Fatimid influence in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
religious tolerance toward Christians and Jews ⓘ
meaningOfRegnalName The Mighty through God ⓘ
mother Durzan (Umm al-Muʿizz) ⓘ
linked to: al-Khayzuran
notableConstruction mosques in Cairo ⓘ
patronOf architecture ⓘ
scholarship ⓘ
positionHeld Caliph ⓘ
Imam of the Fatimid Ismaʿili community ⓘ
predecessor al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh ⓘ
regnalName al-ʿAzīz Billāh ⓘ
reignedOver Egypt ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
parts of North Africa ⓘ
the Hejaz ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz
reignEnd 996 ⓘ
reignStart 975 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
spouse Christian wife from the Melkite community ⓘ
successor al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh ⓘ
territorialPolicy expansion into Syria ⓘ

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Fatimid Caliphate → notableCaliph → al-ʿAzīz Billāh ⓘ
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah → predecessor → al-Aziz Billah ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah → father → al-Aziz Billah ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
al-ʿAzīz Billāh → fullName → Abu Mansur Nizar al-ʿAzīz Billāh ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
al-ʿAzīz Billāh → regnalName → al-ʿAzīz Billāh ⓘ
al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh → successor → al-ʿAzīz bi-llāh ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
Abu Ali al-Mansur → predecessor → al-Aziz Billah ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
Abu Ali al-Mansur → father → al-Aziz Billah ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
al-Sayyida al-Aziziyya → spouse → al-Aziz Billah ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
al-Sayyida al-Aziziyya → consortOf → al-Aziz Billah ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
Fatimid Cairo → associatedWithCaliph → al-ʿAzīz bi-llāh ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
The Mighty through God → renderingOf → al-ʿAzīz Billāh ⓘ
The Mighty through God → renderingOf → al-Aziz Billah ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
The Mighty through God → usedBy → al-ʿAzīz Billāh ⓘ
Sitt al-Mulk → father → al-ʿAzīz bi-llāh ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
Yaʿqub ibn Killis → servedUnder → al-ʿAzīz bi’llāh ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh
Yaʿqub ibn Killis → employer → al-ʿAzīz bi’llāh ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh