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A caliph is the supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the caliphate. [1] [2] Caliphs (also known as 'Khalifas') led the Muslim Ummah as political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, [3] and widely-recognised caliphates have existed in various forms for most of Islamic history.
Founder of Mamluk Caliphate of Cairo under the auspices of Mamluk ruler Baybars. In 1261, The Later Abbasids was succeeded by Caliphs of the Mamluk Sultanate in Cairo. Installed as Caliph in Cairo, Egypt by the Mamluk Sultan Baybars in 1261. Title also claimed by al-Hakim I, installed as caliph by the ruler of Aleppo, Aqqush al-Burli; 2
Governor () Start End Caliph Comments 1 Amr ibn al-As: 661 January 664 Mu'awiya-Amr's arrangement : As per his agreement with Mu'awiya, Amr was installed as governor of Egypt for life and ruled as a virtual partner rather than a subordinate of Mu'awiya, who had become caliph after Ali's assassination and his son al-Hasan's abdication in 661.
List of Fatimid caliphs (969–1171) List of Ayyubid rulers (1171–1250) List of Mamluk sultans (1250–1517) List of Ottoman governors of Egypt (1517–1805) List of French governors of Egypt (1798–1801) List of monarchs of the Muhammad Ali dynasty (1805–1953) List of British colonial heads of Egypt (1798–1936)
Fled Salamiya in 903, and settled at Sijilmasa in 905 while Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i overthrew the Aghlabids and established the Fatimid Caliphate in his name in 909. Fatimid rule over Ifriqiya was consolidated and extended to Sicily, but three attempts to invade Egypt and thence attack the Abbasids failed. 2 Abu'l-Qasim ابو القاسم ...
The Fatimid Caliphate (/ ˈ f æ t ɪ m ɪ d /; Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْفَاطِمِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya), also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shia dynasty.
Template:Governor of Egypt during Umayyad Caliphate; I. List of rulers of Islamic Egypt; M. List of Mamluk sultans; List of monarchs of the Muhammad Ali dynasty; O.
Died in office (In 1171, he abolished the Fatimid dynasty and realigned the country's allegiance with the Abbasid caliphs) 2 Al-Aziz: No picture available: 4 March 1193 29 November 1198 Sultan Died 3 Al-Mansur: No picture available: 29 November 1198 February 1200 Sultan Deposed 4 Al-Adil I: February 1200 31 August 1218 Sultan Died 5 Al-Kamil: 2 ...