Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas

Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas

Fatimid Heir-apparent of al-Hakim from 1013 to 1021

Died aged 71

Biography

Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas ibn Ahmad ibn al-Mahdi (Arabic: عبد الرحيم ابن إلياس ابن احمد بن المهدي) was a member of the Fatimid dynasty who was named heir-apparent by the caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah in 1013. When al-Hakim was murdered in 1021, he was sidelined in favour of al-Hakim's son, Ali al-Zahir, arrested and imprisoned. He died in captivity, officially by his own hands, or assassinated by the real power behind al-Zahir's throne, the princess Sitt al-Mulk.

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Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas died on 1021 at the age of 71.

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