Sitt al-Mulk | |
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Regent of the Fatimid Caliphate | |
Reign | 1021–1023 |
Predecessor | al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah |
Successor | Ali az-Zahir |
Born | 970 al-Mansuriya |
Died | 5 February 1023 Cairo | (aged 52–53)
Dynasty | Fatimid |
Father | al-Aziz Billah |
Mother | al-Sayyida al-Aziziyya |
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Sitt al-Mulk (Arabic: ست الملك, lit. 'Lady of the Kingdom';[1] 970–1023) was a Fatimid princess. After the disappearance of her half-brother, the caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, in 1021, she was instrumental in securing the succession of her nephew Ali az-Zahir, and acted as the de facto ruler of the state until her death on 5 February 1023.