Al-Zafir
Abu Muhammad az- Zafir bi- amri ' llah Isma'il ibn al - Hafiz (. Arabic أبو محمد الظافر بأمر الله إسماعيل بن الحافظ, Abū Muḥammad al- Zafir DMG bi- amri llāh Ismā īl ʿ b al - Hafiz, † 1154 ) was from 1149 to 1154, the twelfth Caliph of the Fatimids.
Az- Zafir was in 1149 the successor of Caliph al - Hafiz ( 1130-1149 ). Under him, the Fatimids in Egypt were already so weakened that under vizier Ibn Sallar cooperation with the Zengids in Syria began to assert itself against the pressure of the Crusaders in Palestine can. Nevertheless, in 1153 went with the last stronghold of Fatimid Ascalon in Palestine lost to the Crusaders.
When he died in 1154, his underage son al - Fa'iz followed him († 1160 ) on the throne.
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- Caliph ( Fatimids )
- Islamic ruler (Egypt)
- Born in the 11th or 12th century
- Died in 1154
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