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Summary
A group of Shi'a emerged in Egypt who conspired to revive the Fatimid state. They wrote to those they took to be sympathisers, but their plan was exposed and they were arrested. 1
Connections
- Occurred at
- Misr (Egypt)
- Had participant
- al-Malik al-Aziz Imad al-Din Uthman ibn Salah al-Din
People and things also explored
the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· death of al-Aziz — al-Afdal takes Egypt· al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Aziz Uthman besieges Damascus· Death of Malik al-Ashtar on the way to Egypt· the killing of Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥudhayfa in Egypt (36 AH, disputed)· Earthquakes in Egypt
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 177
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islam.museum contributors. “a Shia rising shows itself in Egypt”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/shii-rising-egypt-586/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.