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Al-Adid

Type Figure Region Egypt Time 1151–1171 Also known as Al-Adid, the last Fatimid caliph

Al-Adid, the last Fatimid caliph, born in Cairo c. 1151, acceded as a child in 1160 and reigned nominally until 1171 under vizieral control.

Timeline

  1. 1149–1150Cairo · EgyptAfter al-Hafiz died in 1149 and al-Asafir succeeded him, the Fatimid court arranged the line of succession. Al-Adid's father Yusuf was al-Asafir's brother; factional strife at court intensified in this period, setting the genealogical stage for the child al-Adid's accession in 1160.
  2. 1160–1169Cairo · EgyptIn 1160 the nine-year-old al-Adid was installed as caliph, with real power held by the vizier Shawar. Shawar, Dirgham, and the Ayyubid armies thereafter contended repeatedly for control of Egypt, and al-Adid remained a puppet until Saladin took power.
  3. 1171Cairo · EgyptAl-Adid died in 1171, and Saladin immediately proclaimed the restoration of the nominal authority of the Abbasid caliph in Egypt, formally ending the Fatimid dynasty after two centuries.

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