al-Hafiz li-Din Allah Abd al-Majid ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mustansir
Eleventh Ubaydid caliph, raised when his nephew al-Amir was killed heirless in 524; died 544, succeeded by his son al-Zafir.
Reign · Fatimid Caliphate · no. 5 in the chain · 1132–1149 CE
Ruled the caliphate
Events of the reign
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Al-Idrisi at Roger II's court, Palermo
The Norman king Roger II hosted al-Idrisi at Palermo in Sicily about 1138, commissioning a survey of the earth's knowledge and a silver celestial sphere.
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Almohad conquest of Marrakesh
Draft card for the Almohad conquest of Marrakesh in 1146–47, the Almoravid capital's fall to Abd al-Mu'min; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Tripoli
Draft card for Battle of Tripoli; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Roger of Sicily Seizes Mahdiyya
In 543 Roger of Sicily's fleet under George of Antioch took Mahdiyya and the whole littoral, imposing the jarī levy and his governors over the towns until the Almohad Abd al-Mu'min recovered them in 555.
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The Franks Take Tripoli of the Maghreb in 541
In 541 the Franks took Tripoli of the Maghreb by the sword and then settled it; and in 543, exploiting the famine in Ifriqiya, the men of Sicily's ruler came with two hundred and fifty ships — the lord of al-Mahdiyya fled and they took it without a blow or a thrust, so the Franks held the coast from Tripoli to near Tunis.
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Siege of Ceuta (1143)
Draft card for Siege of Ceuta (1143); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Fez (1146)
Draft card for Siege of Fez (1146); its sources are not yet checked on the page.