Al-Hakim Bi-Amr-Illah Abu ‘Ali Mansur
AL-HAKIM BI-AMR-ILLAH ABU ‘ALI MANSUR This son of Caliph al-‘Aziz came to the throne on the last day of Ramadan 386/October 996. At first, one of his brothers, Muhammad, had been chosen as heir, but he died before his father. Since the new caliph was so young (born in 986), the Berber Kutamah chief, al-Hasan …