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al-Aziz bi'llah Nizar ibn al-Mu'izz

Nizar ibn al-Mu'izz, fifth Ubaydid caliph as al-Aziz bi'llah; his envoy reached Baghdad in 369, and per al-Dhahabi Hims, Hama and Aleppo were opened for him beyond his forebears' gains, he was preached at Mosul and Yemen, his name on their coinage and banners — succeeded by his son al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

Reign · Fatimid Caliphate · no. 13 in the chain · 975–996 CE

Ruled the caliphate

Events of the reign

Death of al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah and accession of al-Aziz

In Rabi II 365 al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah died in Egypt aged about forty-five. Ibn al-Athir tells the famous cause: a Byzantine envoy recalled al-Mu'izz's prophecy that he would die ruling Egypt and be caliph in Baghdad, then said the majesty he had seen at Mahdiyya had now faded — grief took him, fever followed, and he died. His son Nizar concealed the death till the feast, led prayer as al-Aziz and mourned him publicly.

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