Sitt al-Mulk

Sitt al-Mulk (970–1023) ( ), Ruler of the Fatimids (1021-1023), was the elder sister of Al-Hakim . After the death of her father Ali az-Aziz (975-996), she tried with the help of a cousin to force her brother from the throne, but was arrested by the eunuch Barjuwan . However, she became regent for his son and successor Ali az-Zahir . She continued to wield influence as an advisor after he came of age, as evidenced by the very generous apanages that came her way. After the assumption of power and the elimination of her rivals, she abolished many of the strange rules that Al-Hakim had promulgated in his reign. She also severely persecuted the Druze religion, which believed in Al-Hakim's divinity, eliminating it entirely from Egypt , and restricting it to the mountains of Lebanon . She worked to reduce tensions with the Byzantine Empire over the possession of Aleppo , but before negotiations could be completed she died on 5 February 1023 at the age of fifty-two.

Sitt al-Mulk (970–1023) ( ), Ruler ( Calipha ) of the Fatimids (1021–1023), was the elder sister of Al-Hakim , the sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili imam (996–1021). After the death of their father Ali al-Aziz (975–996), she tried with the help of a cousin to force her brother from the throne, but was arrested by the eunuch Barjuwan . However, she became regent for her brother's son and successor Ali az-Zahir in 1021. After the assumption of power and the elimination of her rivals, she abolished many of the strange rules that Al-Hakim had promulgated in his reign. She also severely persecuted the Druze religion, which believed in Al-Hakim's divinity, eliminating it entirely from Egypt , and restricting it to the mountains of Lebanon . She worked to reduce tensions with the Byzantine Empire over the possession of Aleppo , but before negotiations could be completed she died on 5 February 1023 at the age of fifty-two.

Sitt al-Mulk ( ; 970–1023), was a Fatimid princess. After the disappearance of her half-brother, the caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah , in 1021, she was instrumental in securing the succession of her nephew Ali az-Zahir , and acted as the de facto ruler of the state until her death on 5 February 1023.

Regent of the Fatimid Empire (r. 1021–1023) Sitt al-Mulk ( ; 970–1023) was a Fatimid princess. After the disappearance of her half-brother, the caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah , in 1021, she was instrumental in securing the succession of her nephew Ali az-Zahir , and acted as the de facto ruler of the state until her death on 5 February 1023.

Regent of the Fatimid Empire (r. 1021–1023) 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 bi-Amr Allah , in 1021, she was instrumental in securing the succession of her nephew Ali az-Zahir , and acted as the de facto ruler of the state until her death on 5 February 1023.