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Abu Mansur Nizar ibn al-Mustansir (1045–1095) was a
Fatimid prince and the eldest son of
al-Mustansir, an
Isma'ili imam and the eighth Fatimid
caliph. When al-Mustansir died in December 1094, the powerful
vizier,
al-Afdal Shahanshah, raised Nizar's younger brother
al-Musta'li to the throne in
Cairo, bypassing the claims of Nizar and other older sons of al-Mustansir. Nizar escaped, rebelled and seized
Alexandria, where he reigned as caliph with the
regnal name al-Mustafa li-Din Allah. In late 1095, he was defeated, taken prisoner and executed by
immurement. During the 12th century, some of Nizar's actual or claimed descendants tried, without success, to seize the throne from the Fatimid caliphs. Many
Isma'ilis, especially in
Persia, rejected al-Musta'li and considered Nizar to have been the rightful imam. As a result, they split off from the Fatimid regime and founded the
Nizari branch of Isma'ilism, with their own line of imams who claimed descent from Nizar. This line continues to this day in the person of the
Aga Khan. (
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From today's featured article
Abu Mansur Nizar ibn al-Mustansir (1045–1095) was a
Fatimid prince and the eldest son of
al-Mustansir, an
Isma'ili imam and the eighth Fatimid
caliph. When al-Mustansir died in December 1094, the powerful
vizier,
al-Afdal Shahanshah, raised Nizar's younger brother
al-Musta'li to the throne in
Cairo, bypassing the claims of Nizar and other older sons of al-Mustansir. Nizar escaped, rebelled and seized
Alexandria, where he reigned as caliph with the
regnal name al-Mustafa li-Din Allah. In late 1095, he was defeated, taken prisoner and executed by
immurement. During the 12th century, some of Nizar's actual or claimed descendants tried, without success, to seize the throne from the Fatimid caliphs. Many
Isma'ilis, especially in
Persia, rejected al-Musta'li and considered Nizar to have been the rightful imam. As a result, they split off from the Fatimid regime and founded the
Nizari branch of Isma'ilism, with their own line of imams who claimed descent from Nizar. This line continues to this day in the person of the
Aga Khan. (
Full article...)
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Misumena vatia, the flower spider, is a species of crab spider found in North America and Europe. Females choose to settle on a flower where they remain stationary, while the much smaller males roam around looking for mates. This female spider was photographed having caught a silver-spotted skipper on a Centaurea jacea flower in Bükk National Park, Hungary. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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