{"slug": "al-hakim-bi-amr-allah", "label": "Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Hakim_bi-Amr_Allah", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q342137", "qid": "Q342137", "description": "6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [985, 1021], "span_label": ["985 CE", "1021 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "fatimid-caliphate", "label": "Fatimid Caliphate", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "song-dynasty", "label": "Song dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shia-islam", "label": "Shia Islam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mamluk", "label": "Mamluk", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkic-peoples", "label": "Turkic peoples", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "Egypt in the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "church-of-the-holy-sepulchre", "label": "Church of the Holy Sepulchre", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "druze", "label": "Druze", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 985, "year_label": "985 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (d. 1021)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468346#Births", "title": "985", "revid": 1364468346, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 996, "year_label": "996 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – Caliph Al-Aziz Billah dies at Bilbeis in Egypt after a 21-year reign in which he has expanded his Shiite caliphate at the expense of the Byzantines, using Turkish mercenaries (Mamelukes). He is succeeded by his 11-year-old son Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah as ruler of the Fatimid Caliphate (until 1021).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261051#Africa", "title": "996", "revid": 1365261051, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1008, "year_label": "1008 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah sends a tributary mission to Emperor Zhenzong of the Song dynasty in order to reestablish trade relations between the Fatimid Caliphate and China (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910052#Arabian_Empire", "title": "1008", "revid": 1341910052, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1009, "year_label": "1009 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910037#Religion", "title": "1009", "revid": 1341910037, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1011, "year_label": "1011 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen), an Arab scientist working in Egypt, feigns madness for fear of angering Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, and is kept under house arrest. During this time he begins writing his influential Book of Optics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368048875#Middle_East", "title": "1011", "revid": 1368048875, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": 1017, "year_label": "1017 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad publicly declares the founding of the Druze religion, during the reign of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212758#Arabian_Empire", "title": "1017", "revid": 1342212758, "section": "Events › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1021, "year_label": "1021 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 13", "text": "February 13 – Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (b. 985)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212958#Deaths", "title": "1021", "revid": 1342212958, "section": "Deaths"}}]}