الحسن بن الحافظ لدين الله

الحسن بن الحافظ لدين الله

c. 1135 CE · 529 AH

Al-Hasan ibn al-Hafiz li-Din Allah Abd al-Majid, the Ubaydid; his father's heir-apparent and vizier for three years — tyrannical and violent, killing forty amirs in a single night until his father feared him and armed men against him; Egypt was convulsed, then the father sent him a poisoner who made him drink, and he perished in 529 1.

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Vizier
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghafir al-Farisi · Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi

Summary

Al-Hasan b. al-Hafiz li-Din Allah 'Abd al-Majid al-'Ubaydi; his father's heir and vizier, who held power three years — wronging, crushing, slaying, killing forty amirs in a single night. His father feared him and raised men against him; they met and Egypt was convulsed — then his father slipped him a poisoner and he perished in 529. 1

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al-Hafiz li-Din Allah Abd al-Majid ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mustansir

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Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 570
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al-Hafiz li-Din Allah Abd al-Majid ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mustansir

Eleventh Ubaydid caliph, raised when his nephew al-Amir was killed heirless in 524; died 544, succeeded by his son al-Zafir.