Al-Fā'iz biAmri l-Lāh was the thirteenth and penultimate Caliph

Caliph

The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the ruler of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah. It is a transcribed version of the Arabic word   which means "successor" or "representative"...

 of the Fatimid dynasty. He was believe by the Hafizi

Hafizi

The Hafizi were a branch of Mustaali Ismailism that believed the current ruler of the Fatimid Empire after the reign of Al-Amir Bi-Ahkamillah, Al-Hafiz was also the Imam of the Time.-See also:*List of extinct Shia sects...

 Ismailis to be an imam

Imam

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He succeed his father az-Zafir as a child with vizir Tali ibn Russik as regent. Tali attempted to address the dominance of the Crusaders in Palestine

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 through an alliance of the Fatimids and the Zengids of Syria

Syria

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 under Nureddin (1140-1174).

Al-Faizz never exercised power in his own right and died aged 11, succeeded by his brother al-Adid, also a minor.

See also

• List of rulers of Egypt