Ali az-Zahir
1005–1036
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 1021 to 1036
caliph · imam · sovereign
Born in Cairo
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Ali az-Zahir:
- Avicenna (980–1037)
- Murasaki Shikibu (970–)
- Ferdowsi (940–1020)
- Al-Biruni (973–1048)
- Ibn al-Haytham (965–1039)
- Leif Erikson (972–1020)
- Gregory VII (1020–1085)
- William the Conqueror (1028–1087)