Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn (Arabic: أبو محمد عبد الله بن الحسين; 31 July 874 – 4 March 934), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī biʾllāh (Arabic:...

his father, Muhammad al-Taqi (d. 840). Before his death in 881, he entrusted the care of his son and successor, Abd Allah al-Mahdi who was then around...

uninterrupted line of succession between the first Fatimid caliph, Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah (r. 909–934), and Ali and Fatima, via Muhammad ibn Isma'il. This...

however, al-Qadi al-Nu'man argued that some of these predictions had materialized by the first Fatimid caliph, Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah, while the...

the birth name Abd al-Rahman. Abd al-Rahman's father was Sa'id ibn al-Husayn, the future Caliph Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah. Abd al-Rahman's mother was...

al-Asghar ibn Husayn (died 680), youngest son of Husayn ibn Ali Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah (873–934), Isma'ili Imam and founder of the Fatimid Caliphate...

Imam and occulted Mahdi. The Seveners propagated their faith from their bases in Syria through Da'iyyun. In 899, Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah announced that...

guided through God Muhammad al-Mahdi Billah (744 or 745 – 785), third Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah (873–934), founder of the Fatimid...

Imam–Caliph Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah in Salamiyah and were slain by the Qarmatians in 290/902. Before dying in about 212/827–828, Abd Allah had designated...

200 militants led by Juhayman al-Otaibi, who had declared his brother-in-law, Muhammad bin abd Allah al-Qahtani, the Mahdi. Traditionally interest in "apocalyptic...

caliphate. Hasan abdicated as caliph after ruling for six or seven months. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, a grandson of the first caliph Abu Bakar and a nephew of Aisha...

Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Isma'il (Arabic: أَبُو ٱلْحُسَيْن أَحْمَد ٱبْن عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إسْماعِيل, romanized: Abū...

Publishing Group. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-313-32522-9. Retrieved 3 October 2010. Mahdī ʻAbd al-Hādī; PASSIA. (2007). Documents on Jerusalem. PASSIA, Palestinian Academic...

Another tradition, by the Kufan anti-Isma'ili polemicist Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Rizam al-Ta'i, on the other hand reports that Abu Sa'id always intended...

Abdallah al-Shi'i overthrows the Aghlabids and founds the Fatimid rule in North Africa at which time he changes his title to Imam Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah. The...

Caliphate in Ifriqiya under the Imam–caliph Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah. However, Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah quickly fell out with Abu Abdallah and had Abu Abdallah...

Abū Tamīm Maʿad al-Mustanṣir biʾllāh (Arabic: أبو تميم معد المستنصر بالله‎; 2 July 1029 – 29 December 1094) was the eighth Fatimid Caliph from 1036 until...

al-Ma'mun's name was inscribed on it. Abd Allah ibn Tahir, the Abbasid governor of the eastern province of Khurasan (r. 828–844), is credited by al-Muqaddasi...

figure is Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah, the founder of the Fatimid Caliphate, whose foundation was al-Qaddah. With Hamza ibn Ali, the prophet of al-Hakim, a...

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Sufyān ibn Saʿīd ibn Masrūq ibn Ḥamza al-Thawrī al-Muḍarī al-Kūfī (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْد ٱللَّٰه سُفْيَان بْن سَعِيد بْن مَسْرُوق بْن حَمْرَة...

Abū al-ʿAbbās Abd Allāh ibn Hārūn al-Maʾmūn (Arabic: أبو العباس عبد الله بن هارون الرشيد, romanized: Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hārūn ar-Rashīd; 14...

Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ (Arabic: أبو محمد عبد الله بن يوسف بن الحافظ‎; 1151–1171), better known by his regnal name al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh (Arabic:...

served four Fatimid Caliphs: Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah al-Qa'im al-Mansur Billah al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah During al-Nu'man's fifty years of service to the...

beginning with Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah's visit to the city, the man who was later known as the founder of the Fatimid dynasty. 'Abd Allah, accompanied...

during medieval times, was when the first Fatimid caliph Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah claimed to be the representative of the Imam and claimed the right...

closest advisors of the new caliph, Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah. In 924, during the campaign by al-Mahdi's heir-apparent, al-Qa'im against the Zenata Berbers...

Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah (909–934) al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah (934–946) al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah (946–953) al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (953–975) al-Aziz Billah (975–996)...

some girls came to the harem as war captives. For example, when Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah defeated the aghlabids, the women and the eunuchs who had belonged...

Mahdi. Bayān claimed prophethood for himself after the demise of Abu Hashim, as well.: 83  Harbiyya or Harithiyya– the followers of ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Harb...

Khuzestan, Yemen, Egypt and Maghreb. From Salamiyah, Isma'ili Imam Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah moved to Sijilmasa in Morocco in 904, where his missionaries were...