Sitt al-Mulk

Sitt al -Mulk (Arabic ست الملك, DMG Sitt al -Mulk, umgangssprachl for Saiyidat al -Mulk - " Mistress of the Empire ."; * 970 in Ifriqiya, † February 5, 1023 in Egypt), regent of the Fatimids ( 1021 -1023 ), was the older sister of the famous Caliph al - Haakim bi- ʾ amri llāh (r. 996-1021 ). After the death of her father, the Caliph al - Aziz (ruled 975-996 ) tried to supplant her brother with the help of a cousin from the throne. However, she was detained by the eunuch Bardschawan ( Barǧawān ). Subsequently, Sitt al -Mulk became a consultant significant impact on al -Hakim, which is evident from the reports of contemporary chroniclers and at the very high appanages that it flowed from the treasury. After they probably opposed the intention of al -Hakim change the line of succession during the last years of the reign, she took over after his mysterious death in 1021 the regency for his son az- Zahir (r. 1021-1036 ). Because of this power of the suspicion was voiced again and again that Sitt al -Mulk had ordered the murder of her brother.

After the takeover of the regency and the elimination of other competitors they first raised the edicts al - Hakim to enforce sharia on largely. There was a fierce persecution of the Druze, whose sect was wiped out in the ensuing period in Egypt and could only survive in the mountains of Lebanon. Later tried Sitt al -Mulk, to relax the ratio of Fatimidenkalifats to Byzantium, which was burdened because of the occupation of Aleppo in northern Syria (1015 ). When she died on February 5, 1023 at the age of 52 years, the negotiation of a peace with Byzantium were not yet completed, but kept the negotiated between the two great powers cease-fire a quarter of a century.

732496
de