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Al-Mustansir Billah

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Abū Tamīm Ma‘ad al-Mustanṣir bi-llāh (أبو تميم معد المستنصر بالله.‎; July 5, 1029 – January 10, 1094) was the eighth caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate from 1036 until 1094. [1]

46 relations: Abdullah (Ismaili Mustaali Missionary), Al-Musta'li, Ali az-Zahir, Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i, Arabic name, Assassination, Bab al-Futuh, Bab al-Nasr (Cairo), Bab Zuweila, Badr al-Jamali, Cairo, Caliphate, Dinar, Egypt, Famine, Fatimid Caliphate, Fortnight, Fustat, Given name, Hijri year, Islam, Isma'ilism, Jumada al-Thani, Juyushi Mosque, Kunya (Arabic), Levant, List of Fatimid caliphs, List of Ismaili imams, Lists of rulers of Egypt, Lower Egypt, Malta, Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi, Muslim, Nasir al-Dawla ibn Hamdan, Nile, Nizar (Nizari Imam), Normans, Seljuq dynasty, Sha'ban, Shahada, Sicily, Sudan, Syedi Nuruddin, Turkic peoples, Yemen.

Abdullah (Ismaili Mustaali Missionary)

Moulai Abadullah was the first Ismaili, Fatimid, mustaali saint who came in India at Cambay(Khambat), Gujrat in about 1067 AD(460AH) from Haras, Yemen.

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Al-Musta'li

Abū'l-Qāsim Aḥmad al-Musta‘lī bil-Lāh (16 September 1094 – 12 December 1101, أبو القاسم أحمد المستعلي بالله) was the ninth Fatimid caliph, and believed by the Musta'li sect of Isma'ilism to be the nineteenth Imam.

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Ali az-Zahir

Abu'l Hasan ʻAlī az-Zāhir li A'zaz li Din-illah (20 June 1005 – 13 June 1036) (الظاهر بالله) was the Seventh Caliph of the Fātimids (1021–1036).

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Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i

Abu’l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Jarjarāʾī was a Fatimid official of Iraqi origin, who served as the Fatimid vizier from 1027 until his death on 27 March 1045.

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Arabic name

Arabic names were historically based on a long naming system; most Arabs did not have given/middle/family names, but a full chain of names.

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Assassination

Assassination is the killing of a prominent person, either for political or religious reasons or for payment.

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Bab al-Futuh

Bab al Futuh (Conquest Gate) is one of three remaining gates in the walls of the Old City of Cairo, Egypt.

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Bab al-Nasr (Cairo)

Bab al-Nasr (باب النصر, Gate of Victory), is one of three remaining gates in the walls of the Old City of Cairo Egypt, in Islamic Cairo, it is a massive fortified gate with rectangular stone towers flanking the semicircular arch of the eastern Portal.

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Bab Zuweila

Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the walls of the Old City of Cairo, the capital of Egypt.

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Badr al-Jamali

Abū'l-Najm Badr ibn ʿAbdallāh al-Jamālī al-Mustanṣirī, better known as Badr al-Jamali (بدر الجمالى) was a vizier and prominent statesman for the Fatimid Caliphate under Caliph al-Mustansir.

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Cairo

Cairo (القاهرة) is the capital of Egypt.

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Caliphate

A caliphate (خِلافة) is a state under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (خَليفة), a person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire ummah (community).

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Dinar

The dinar is the principal currency unit in several countries which were formerly territories of the Ottoman Empire, and was used historically in several more.

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Egypt

Egypt (مِصر, مَصر, Khēmi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.

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Famine

A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, inflation, crop failure, population imbalance, or government policies.

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Fatimid Caliphate

The Fatimid Caliphate was an Islamic caliphate that spanned a large area of North Africa, from the Red Sea in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west.

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Fortnight

A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (2 weeks).

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Fustat

Fustat (الفسطاط al-Fusţāţ), also Fostat, Al Fustat, Misr al-Fustat and Fustat-Misr, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule.

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Given name

A given name (also known as a first name, forename or Christian name) is a part of a person's personal name.

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Hijri year

The Hijri year (سَنة هِجْريّة) or era (التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī) is the era used in the Islamic lunar calendar, which begins its count from the Islamic New Year in 622 AD.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Isma'ilism

Ismāʿīlism (الإسماعيلية al-Ismāʿīliyya; اسماعیلیان; اسماعيلي; Esmāʿīliyān) is a branch of Shia Islam.

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Jumada al-Thani

Jumada al-Thani (also transliterated,; also pronounced) is the sixth month in the Islamic Calendar.

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Juyushi Mosque

The Juyushi Mosque (الجامع الجيوشى "Mosque of the Armies") was built by the vizier Badr al-Jamali who was "Amir al-Juyush" (امير الجيوش, "Commander of the Armies") for the Fatimid Caliphate.

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Kunya (Arabic)

A kunya (كنية, kunyah) is a teknonym in Arabic names, the name of an adult derived from his or her eldest child.

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Levant

The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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List of Fatimid caliphs

This is a list of caliphs of the Fatimid Caliphate (909–1171).

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List of Ismaili imams

This is a list of the Imams recognized by the Ismaili Shia and their sub-branches.

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Lists of rulers of Egypt

Lists of rulers of Egypt.

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Lower Egypt

Lower Egypt (مصر السفلى.) is the northernmost region of Egypt: the fertile Nile Delta, between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea — from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur.

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Malta

Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Mosque of Ibn Tulun

The Mosque of Ibn Tulun (Masjid Ibn Ṭūlūn) is located in Cairo, Egypt.

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Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi

Al-Mu'ayyad fid-din Abu Nasr Hibat Allah b. Abi 'Imran Musa b. Da'ud ash-Shirazi (1000 CE/390 AH - 1078 CE/470 AH) was an 11th-century Isma'ilism scholar, philosopher-poet, preacher and theologian of Persian origin.

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Muslim

A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.

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Nasir al-Dawla ibn Hamdan

Nasir al-Dawla ibn Hamdan was a descendant of the Hamdanid dynasty who became a general of the Fatimid Caliphate.

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Nile

The Nile River (النيل, Egyptian Arabic en-Nīl, Standard Arabic an-Nīl; ⲫⲓⲁⲣⲱ, P(h)iaro; Ancient Egyptian: Ḥ'pī and Jtrw; Biblical Hebrew:, Ha-Ye'or or, Ha-Shiḥor) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is commonly regarded as the longest river in the world, though some sources cite the Amazon River as the longest.

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Nizar (Nizari Imam)

Abū Manṣūr Nizār al-Muṣṭafá li-Dīn’il-Lāh (1047-1097, أبومنصور نزار المصطفى لدين الله) was the founder (and an Imām) of the Nizāri branch of Ismā‘ilī Shia Islam.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.

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Seljuq dynasty

The Seljuq dynasty, or Seljuqs (آل سلجوق Al-e Saljuq), was an Oghuz Turk Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became a Persianate society and contributed to the Turco-Persian tradition in the medieval West and Central Asia.

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Sha'ban

Sha'ban (sha‘bān) is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.

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Shahada

The Shahada (الشهادة,"the testimony").

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia; Sicìlia) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Sudan

The Sudan or Sudan (السودان as-Sūdān) also known as North Sudan since South Sudan's independence and officially the Republic of the Sudan (جمهورية السودان Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa.

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Syedi Nuruddin

Syedi Nuruddin, 11th century famous saint (death: Jumadi al-Ula 11) was Fatimid Ismaili Mustaali Missionary.

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Turkic peoples

The Turkic peoples are a collection of ethno-linguistic groups of Central, Eastern, Northern and Western Asia as well as parts of Europe and North Africa.

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Yemen

Yemen (al-Yaman), officially known as the Republic of Yemen (al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah), is an Arab sovereign state in Western Asia at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mustansir_Billah

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