List of Fatimid caliphs

Fatimid Caliph
Fatimid gold dinar of al-Mustansir, with the inscriptions in the concentric circles typical of Fatimid coinage
Residence	Raqqada Mahdia al-Mansuriya Fatimid Great Palaces, Cairo (973–1171)
Formation	August 909
First holder	Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah (873 AD - Al-Salamiyah, Syria)
Abolished	September 1171

This is a list of an Arab dynasty, the Shi'ite caliphs of the Fatimid dynasty (909–1171). The Shi'ite caliphs were also regarded at the same time as the imams of the Isma'ili branch of Shi'a Islam.

#	Coin	Kunya	Given name	Regnal name	Reign	Birth	Death	Remarks	refs
1	Gold coin of Caliph al-Mahdi, Mahdiyya, 926	Abu Muhammad	Abd Allah	al-Mahdi bi'llah	27 August 909 – 4 March 934	873 Salamiyah, Syria	4 March 934	His claim to be the Mahdi caused the Qarmatian schism in 899. Fled Salamiya in 903, and settled at Sijilmasa in 905 while Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i overthrew the Aghlabids and established the Fatimid Caliphate in his name in 909. Fatimid rule over Ifriqiya was consolidated and extended to Sicily, but three attempts to invade Egypt and thence attack the Abbasids failed.
2		Abu'l-Qasim	Muhammad	al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah	4 March 934 – 17 May 946	893 Salamiyah, Syria	17 May 946	Only son of al-Mahdi bi'llah, his reign was dominated by the Kharijite revolt of Abu Yazid, who reduced the Fatimids to their palace city, al-Mahdiya.
3		Abu Tahir	Isma'il	al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah	17 May 946 – 18 March 953	913 Raqqada	18 March 953	Defeated the rebellion of Abu Yazid, and resumed the war against the Byzantines in southern Italy.
4	Gold coin of Caliph al-Mu'izz, Cairo, 969	Abu Tamim	Ma'ad	al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah	19 March 953 – 18 December 975	26 September 931	18 December 975	His general Jawhar occupied most of the Maghreb for him, and proceeded to conquer Egypt in 969. In 973, al-Mu'izz moved the Fatimid court and capital to newly founded Cairo. The Zirids were left in Ifriqiya as Fatimid viceroys.
5		Abu Mansur	Nizar	al-Aziz bi'llah	18 December 975 – 13 October 996	10 May 955	14 October 996	Succeeded in expanding Fatimid control over most of Syria, where he entered into conflict with the Byzantines over Aleppo.
6	Gold coin of Caliph al-Hakim, Sicily, 1010	Abu Ali	Mansur	al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah	14 October 996 – 13 February 1021	13 August 985	13 February 1021 (disappeared)	Concluded a lasting peace with the Byzantines in 1000. He is a respected religious figure due to his divine knowledge and extra ordinary personality. He disappeared, and was likely murdered, during a night excursion.
7		Abu'l-Hasan	Ali	al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah	13 February 1021 – 13 June 1036	20 June 1005	13 June 1036	His reign represents a return to normality after al-Hakim's turbulent final years.
8	Gold coin of Caliph al-Mustansir, Egypt, 1055	Abu Tamim	Ma'ad	al-Mustansir bi'llah	13 June 1036 – 29 December 1094/ 6 January 1095	2 July 1029 Cairo	29 December 1094/ 6 January 1095 Cairo	The longest-reigning Fatimid caliph, his reign saw increasing political instability and the near collapse of the dynasty at the hands of the Sunni warlord Nasir al-Dawla ibn Hamdan. The Armenian general Badr al-Jamali restored order and saved the dynasty, but installed himself as a virtual military dictator ("vizier of the sword") independent of the caliph.
9	Gold coin of Caliph al-Musta'li, Tripoli, 1101	Abu'l-Qasim	Ahmad	al-Musta'li bi'llah	29 December 1094/6 January 1095–1101	16 September 1074 Cairo	12 December 1101	Probably the youngest son of al-Mustansir, he was raised to the throne by Badr's son and successor, al-Afdal Shahanshah. This caused the rebellion and death of his older brother Nizar, and split the Isma'ili movement into rival Musta'li and Nizari branches. A puppet of al-Afdal, his reign saw the arrival of the First Crusade.
10	Gold coin of Caliph al-Amir, Tyre, 1118	Abu Ali	Mansur	al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah	1101 – 8 October 1130	31 December 1096	8 October 1130	Raised to the throne as a child by al-Afdal, who was his uncle and became his father-in-law. Until al-Afdal's murder in 1121. His reign saw the progressive loss of the coastal cities of the Levant to the Crusaders.
Interregnum due to al-Amir dying without a stable succession other than the infant al-Tayyib, who died or was killed soon after. Regency of Abd al-Majid (the future al-Hafiz) and usurpation of Kutayfat.
11		Abu'l-Maymun	Abd al-Majid	al-Hafiz li-Din Allah	23 January 1132 – 8 October 1149	1074/5	8 October 1149	The oldest surviving grandson of al-Musta'li, he became regent following al-Amir's death, and claimed the caliphate following the murder of Kutayfat. His irregular succession caused the split of Musta'li Isma'ilism into Hafizi and Tayyibi branches. His reign was relatively peaceful abroad, but turbulent domestically, as he had to confront over-mighty viziers and even the ambitions of his own sons. He was the last Fatimid caliph to exercise true authority over the government.
12		Abu Mansur	Isma'il	Al-Zafir bi-Amr Allah	1149–1154	February 1133	March 1154	His rule marks the beginning of the end for the Fatimid state: from then on the caliphs were underage youths, sidelined and mere puppets
13		Abu'l-Qasim	Isa	al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah	1154–1160	1149	23 July 1160	Raised to the throne at the age of five after the murder of his father by the vizier Abbas ibn Abi al-Futuh, and spent his entire life as a puppet of Abbas' successor, Tala'i ibn Ruzzik. Experiencing epileptic seizures, al-Fa'iz died from an episode at the age of eleven, and his nephew, al-Adid, the final Fatimid caliph, succeeded him.
14		Abu Muhammad	Abdallah	al-Adid li-Din Allah	1160–1171	16 May 1151	13 September 1171	Al-Adid, a child ruler, became a puppet of powerful figures as the Fatimid Caliphate crumbled. Saladin took control, dismantled the regime, and suppressed Isma'ilism.

See also

• List of Caliphs
• List of rulers of Egypt
• List of Ismaili imams