Al-Hafiz

Who was Al-Hafiz?

Al-Ḥāfiz was the eleventh Caliph of the Fāṭimids

Al-Ḥāfiz assumed the caliphate as the cousin of the murdered Al-Amir. Since al-Amir had not named an heir when he died, the succession of al-Ḥāfiz was not uncontested - a group of Shī‘ah recognised al-Amīr's son Ṭayyib Abī al-Qāṣim as rightful heir, leading to a new schism. Additionally, AbuAli Ahmad bin AlAfdal, whose father was regent to AlMusta'li before he was thrown when AlAmer succeeded him, challenged and jailed alHafiz and in fact ruled for a brief while before he was assassinated, presumably by supporters of AlHafiz.