Ismail al-Mansur

Abu Tahir Ismail al-Mansur bi-'llah ( Arabic أبو طاهر إسماعيل المنصور بالله, DMG Abū Ṭāhir ʾIsmāʿīl al-Manṣūr bi-'llāh ; * 913 in Raqqada ; † March 19, 953 ) was from 946 to 953 in Ifrīqiya the third caliph of the Fatimids .

Life

Abu Tahir Ismail was born in Raqqada near Kairouan in 913 and took over the rule of his father Abu l-Qasim al-Qaim (r. 934-946) in 946. The Fatimid Empire was in a serious crisis due to the uprising of Abu Yazid (943-947). It was only after the rebels' unity had disintegrated that Ismail succeeded in suppressing the revolt with the help of the Berber Zirids . Only after the capture of Abū Yazīd on August 15, 947 and his death a few days later, Ismail revealed himself as imam and caliph and took the throne name al-Mansūr bi-nasr Allāh ("the victor through God's help"). As a token of his triumph, he built the new residence al-Mansuriya near Kairuan.

Ismail al-Mansur was busy with the reorganization of the Fatimid Empire until the end of his reign. So he resumed the fighting with the Umayyads of Córdoba in Morocco (see: Caliphate of Córdoba ). In addition, Sicily could be subjected again and the raids against Italy resumed (see also Islam in Italy ). In Sicily, the rule of the Fatimids was consolidated through the appointment of the calbites as emirs . Ismail al-Mansur died after a serious illness on March 19, 953 and left the empire to his son Abu Tamim al-Muizz († 975).

literature

• Ulrich Haarmann: History of the Arab World. CH Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-47486-1 .
• Heinz Halm : The Empire of the Mahdi. The rise of the Fatimids (875–973). CH Beck, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-406-35497-1 .
• Stephan Ronart, Nandy Ronart: Lexicon of the Arab World. A historical-political reference work. Artemis Verlag, Zurich 1972, ISBN 3-406-35497-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Halm: The Empire of the Mahdi. 1991, p. 286.

predecessor	Office	successor
al-Qa'im bi-amri 'llah	Ruler of Ifrīqiya ( Fatimid dynasty ) 946–953	Abu Tamim al-Muizz