al-Adid
1151 CE–1171 CE · Cairo
Al-Adid (1151-1171) was the fourteenth and last Fatimid caliph, reigning from 1160 to 1171 largely as a figurehead while rival viziers struggled for control of Egypt. During his reign the Kurdish commander Saladin gained power as vizier and moved to end Fatimid rule. Al-Adid died in 1171, and the dynasty was formally abolished as Saladin restored the country to Sunni allegiance under the Abbasid caliphate. His death marked the end of more than two centuries of Fatimid rule.
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- Saladin· 1137 CE–1193 CE
- Frederick I Barbarossa· 1122 CE–1190 CE
- Kilij Arslan II· 1113 CE–1192 CE
- Jayavarman VII· 1122 CE–1218 CE
- Ghiyath ad-Din Muhammad· 1140 CE–1203 CE
- Manuel I Komnenos· 1118 CE–1180 CE
- Minamoto no Yoritomo· 1147 CE–1199 CE
- Emperor Gaozong of Song· 1107 CE–1187 CE
- Muhammad of Ghor· 1144 CE–1206 CE
- Qutb ud-Din Aibak· –1210 CE
- Nur ad-Din· 1118 CE–1174 CE
- Kaykhusraw I· –1211 CE
- Prithviraj Chauhan· 1166 CE–1192 CE
- Andrey Bogolyubsky· 1111 CE–1174 CE
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