Death of Fatimid Caliph al-Zahir

Name: Death of Fatimid Caliph al-Zahir
Start: 1036

Type Event Region Africa Time 1036

In 1036 CE, al-Zahir li-iʿzāz Dīn Allāh, the seventh Fatimid caliph, died in Cairo at about thirty years of age, after a reign of fifteen years.…

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1036Fatimid court in Cairo · EgyptCaliph al-Zahir died of illness in the Cairo palace, ending his reign that had begun with his accession in 1021. Historians record that his health deteriorated in his later years, and court physicians and attendants had already begun arranging succession matters.
1036Cairo · EgyptCourt ministers and Ismaili religious leaders publicly announced the caliph's death, held the funeral according to Shia rites, and moved to confirm the successor. Al-Zahir's death placed Fatimid central authority before the severe test of a child's accession.

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