14th Imam - al-Muizz - by Mumtaz Ali Tajddin
GOOGLE.COM -- Imam al-Muizz's period is noted for extending Fatimid domination from Maghrib to Egypt and Syria. His Caliphate is also acclaimed for furthering learning and the arts; al-Muizz was, himself, a learned philosopher, scientist and astronomer. The reign of Imam al-Muizz was one of the most glorious ever recorded in Egyptian history. Hasan and Sharf write that "the personality of al-Muizz was clothed in the clean robes of holiness and majesty." And according to Noldeke "after their conquest of Egypt, the Fatimids were the most powerful princes of Islam, and it seemed at times as if even the form of power had passed from the Abbasids." ...