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About Al-Mansur Billah
Abu Tahir Isma'il, better known by his regnal name al-Mansur Billah, was the thirteenth Isma'ili imam and third caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya, ruling from 946 until his death. He succeeded his father, al-Qa'im, after the latter's death, in what was likely a bloodless palace coup. At the time of al-Mansur's accession, most of the Fatimid mainland realm in Ifriqiya had been lost to a large-scale anti-Fatimid revolt led by the Kharijite preacher Abu Yazid, who was laying siege to al-Qa'im's fortified coastal palace city of al-Mahdiya. Unlike his father he was an active and publicly visible monarch, but plagued by illness, which led to his early death.
Everything about Al-Mansur Billah →- Occupation
- politician, imam, caliph
- Position held
- Fatimid Caliph, Ismaili imam
- Citizenship
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Born
- February 913
- Died
- 953