al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah المعز لدين الله | |||||
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![]() Gold dinar of al-Mu'izz, minted in Cairo, 973 AD | |||||
Imam–Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate | |||||
Reign | 19 March 953 – 21 December 975 | ||||
Predecessor | al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah | ||||
Successor | al-Aziz Billah | ||||
Born | 26 September 931 Mahdia Tunisia | ||||
Died | 21 December 975 (aged 44) | ||||
Spouse | Durzan | ||||
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Dynasty | Fatimid | ||||
Father | al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah | ||||
Religion | Isma'ili Shia Islam |
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Abu Tamim Ma'ad al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (Arabic: أبو تميم معد المعزّ لدين الله, romanized: Abū Tamīm Maʿad al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh, lit. 'Glorifier of the Religion of God'; 26 September 932 – 19 December 975) was the fourth Fatimid caliph and the 14th Ismaili imam, reigning from 953 to 975. It was during his caliphate that the center of power of the Fatimid dynasty was moved from Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) to Egypt. The Fatimids founded the city of Cairo (al-Qāhirah, "the Victorious") in 969 as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt.[1]