Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah

High school (ages 12+)
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1. When was Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah born?Circa 869 AD
2. When did Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah die?March 13, 934 AD
3. Where was Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah born?Ifriqiya (modern-day Tunisia)
4. Who was Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah?He was the founder of the Fatimid Caliphate, a ruler who started a new kingdom in the medieval Islamic world.
5. When did he start the Fatimid Caliphate?In 909 AD, he founded the Fatimid Caliphate after overthrowing the Aghlabid dynasty.

Fatimid Caliphate: A major Shi'a Islamic empire founded by Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah, which ruled over significant parts of North Africa, the Levant, and the Hijaz for over two centuries.
Caliph: The supreme political and religious leader of a Muslim state, considered a successor to the Prophet Muhammad, holding both temporal and spiritual authority.
Isma'ilism: A major branch of Shi'a Islam, characterized by its belief in a line of divinely appointed Imams descending from Ismail ibn Jafar, which formed the ideological basis of the Fatimid state.
Mahdi: In Islamic eschatology, a prophesied messianic figure who will appear before the Day of Judgment to restore justice and righteousness to the world.