Sitt al-Mulk (Arabic: ست الملك, lit. 'Lady of the Kingdom'; 970–1023) was a Fatimid princess. After the disappearance of her half-brother, the caliph al-Hakim...

Chaouia. Al-Mamune Saghir: his mother is Chaouia. A second son named Idriss, al-Mehdi and Lalla Sitt al-Mulk: their mother is Chaouia. Asrur al-Safah, Mehrez...

be the mother of Sitt al-Mulk, one of the most famous women in Islamic history, who had a stormy relationship with her half-brother al-Ḥākim and may have...

Princess Lalla Sitt al-Mulk bint Ismail (in Arabic: للاة ست الملك بنت إسماعيل) was an Alawi princess and the daughter of Ismail Ibn Sharif, Sultan of Morocco...

Fatimah Khatun bint Najm ad-Dīn Abu al-Shukr Ayyub ibn Shādhi ibn Marwān (died 1220), popularly known as Sitt al-Sham, was a second sister of Saladin,...

in 1050/51, two daughters of Caliph al-Mu'izz left estates of about 1.7 million gold dinars each, while Sitt al-Mulk is known to have employed an extensive...

the real power behind al-Zahir's throne, the princess Sitt al-Mulk. Ibn Ilyas was a descendant of the first Fatimid caliph, al-Mahdi Billah (r. 909–934)...

Imam. The young caliph's regent, Sitt al-Mulk, ordered the army to destroy the movement in 1021. At the same time, Bahāʼ al-Dīn was assigned the leadership...

Abu'l-Barakat al-Husayn al-Jarjara'i, and held a succession of offices in the Fatimid bureaucracy. He entered the service of Sitt al-Mulk, before becoming...

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:...

Caliph al-Hakim disappeared during one of his usual nightly rides, likely the victim of a palace conspiracy. Power was seized by his sister, Sitt al-Mulk, as...

backing from al-Hakim's practical successor, Sitt al-Mulk. Badr succeeded Aziz al-Dawla as governor but was arrested three months later. Aziz al-Dawla was...

sister, Sitt al-Mulk, took the reins of power. She disregarded the previous appointment of a cousin, Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas, as heir apparent by al-Hakim...

example, queen of the Fatimid dynasty of Egypt in 980 bore the title Sitt al-Mulk. Sitt al-Qudat ( literally, chief of qadis, or judge) was a female expert...

daughter, Sitt al-Mulk, born in 970. Her mother is designated as an umm walad in the sources, indicating that at some point she also bore al-Aziz a son...

found. After al-Hakim's death his two designated heirs were killed, putting an end to his succession scheme, and his sister Sitt al-Mulk arranged to have...

caliph, as the deed was said to have been instigated by one of al-Adid's aunts, Sitt al-Qusur. Nevertheless, his place was immediately taken by his son...

caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah disappears, most likely assassinated by disaffected palace factions, apparently involving his sister, Sitt al-Mulk. 26 March...

full power upon the death of his aunt, Sitt al-Mulk. February 12 – (18 Dhu-I-qa'da 413 AH) In Spain Al-Ma'mun al-Qāsim ibn Ḥammud returns to Cordoba to...

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...

Allah al-Mahdi Billah – founder of the Fatimid dynasty Al-Muizz Lideenillah – fourth Fatimid Caliph Founder of the city of Cairo Sitt al-Mulk – ruler...

favourite concubine of the Fatimid caliph al-Aziz Billah (r. 975–996), and mother of the celebrated princess Sitt al-Mulk. Through her influence he was appointed...

world. Nizam al-Mulk reports that a certain Ishaq succeeded Abu Hatim al-Razi as chief dāʿī at Rayy upon the latter's death on 934, while Ibn al-Nadim mentions...

the ruling Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah disappears suddenly, possibly assassinated by his own sister Sitt al-Mulk, which leads to the open persecution...

This alarmed Sitt al-Mulk, the effective ruler of the Fatimids. Under her direction, the Fatimid court in Cairo sought to eliminate Aziz al-Dawla; to that...

al-Mulk for Al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah (1021–1023) Vizier Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i for Al-Mustansir Billah (1036–1045) Caliph Mother Rasad for Al-Mustansir...

Abu Abdallah al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Zakariyya, better known as Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i (Arabic: ابو عبد الله الشيعي, romanized: Abū ʿAbd Allāh...

wedding of Ahmad with Badr's daughter Sitt al-Mulk. Al-Mustansir died on 29 December 1094, on the day of Eid al-Ghadir, the most important Shi'a festival...

during the reign of Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. Sitt al-Mulk (1021-1023) – Regent during the reign of her nephew Ali az-Zahir. Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i (1036-1045)...

Caliph al-Hakim disappeared during one of his usual nightly rides, likely the victim of a palace conspiracy. Power was seized by his sister, Sitt al-Mulk, as...