A fundamental change occurred when the Fatimid Caliph attempted to push into Syria in the later half of the 10th century, here they were faced with the now Turkish dominated forces of the Abbasid Caliph and began to realize the limits of their current military, thus during the reign of Abu Mansur Nizar al-Aziz Billah and Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah the Caliph began incorporating armies of Turks and later Black Africans ( even later, other groups such as Armenians were also used ).

Al-Jam ` e Al-Anwar (, Anwar Mosque, literally: The Enlightened Mosque ) also Al-Hakim Mosque is a major Islamic religious site in Cairo, Egypt.

Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Arabi amongst others also contended that there was a Seal of the Awliya much in the same way that Muhammad is considered the Seal of the Prophets.

Menelik I ( called Bäynä Ləkḥəm in the Kəbrä Nägäśt ; also named Ebna la-Hakim, Arabic: Ibn Al-Hakim, " Son of the Wise "), first Solomonic Emperor of Ethiopia, is traditionally believed to be the son of King Solomon of ancient Israel and Makeda, ancient Queen of Sheba ( in modern Ethiopia ).

This so-called Baghdad Manifesto was read out in Friday mosques throughout the ‘ Abbasid domains accusing the Fatimids of Jewish ancestry also because of Al-Hakim ’ s alleged Christian mother he was accused of over sympathizing with non-Muslims and that he gave them more privileges than they should have been given under Islamic rule such accusations where manifested through poetry criticizing the Fatimids and that eventually led to the persecution of non-Muslims from 1007 till 1012.

Muhsin Al-Hakim led the hawza, also known as the marja ' iyya, the group of Shi ' i scholars based in Najaf responsible for determining Shi ' i religious doctrine, during a time of considerable tumult in Iraq.

He also entered in an alliance with the Fatimid Caliph of Egypt, Al-Hakim ( 996 – 1021 ), that put Basil in a difficult situation, forcing him to refrain from an acute response to Giorgi ’ s offensive.

* 1008: the Fatimid Egyptian sea captain Domiyat travels to the Buddhist pilgrimage site in Shandong, China, to seek out the Chinese Emperor Zhenzong of Song with gifts from his ruling Imam Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, successfully reopening diplomatic relations between Egypt and China that had been lost since the collapse of the Tang Dynasty.

* 1011 – 1021: Ibn al-Haytham ( Alhacen ), a famous Iraqi scientist working in Egypt, feigned madness in fear of angering the Egyptian caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, and was kept under house arrest from 1011 to 1021.

* Baghdad Manifesto: Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah's descent from Ali ibn Abi Talib is disputed.

The top marja of Najaf Hawzah: ( from left to right ) Mohammad Ishaq Al-Fayyad | Mohammad Ishaq al-Fayyad, Ali al-Sistani, Mohammad Said Al-Hakim | Mohammad Said al-Hakim and Bashir Najafi | Bashir al-Najafi.

* Ibn al-Haytham ( Alhacen ), a famous Persian scientist working in Egypt, feigns madness in fear of angering Al-Hakim, and is kept under house arrest until 1021.

The earliest recorded attempt to build a dam near Aswan was in the 11th century, when the Arab polymath and engineer Ibn al-Haytham ( known as Alhazen in the West ) was summoned to Egypt by the Fatimid Caliph, Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, to regulate the flooding of the Nile, a task requiring an early attempt at an Aswan Dam.

Umar Ibn Al-Khattab narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: ' Whoever swears by other than Allah has committed an act of kufr or shirk .’” ( graded hasan by Al-Tirmidhi and saheeh by Al-Hakim )

Today, Islamic Cairo includes the Mosque of Ibn Tulun ( the oldest and largest in Cairo ), Al-Azhar University, the oldest university in the world, the Al-Hakim Mosque, and many other famous mosques and buildings.

* 1009 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.

Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah is claimed to have repaired the Old Cairo to Red Sea passageway, but only briefly, circa 1000 AD, as it soon " became choked with sand.

* The Al-Hakim Mosque of Fatimid Egypt is completed in 1013.

* The Al-Hakim Mosque is completed in Cairo.

* Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah, fifth Fatimid Caliph in Egypt, dies and is succeeded by his son Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

It is named after Imam Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ( 985 – 1021 ), the sixth Fatimid caliph, 16 th Fatimid / Ismaili Imam and the first to be born in Egypt.

Al-Hakim Mosque is now a place for Egyptians to feed pigeons and enjoy the calm and peacefulness of the Mosque.

Al-Hakim is an important figure in a number of Shia Ismaili religions, such as the world's 15 million Nizaris and in particular the 2 million Druze of the Levant whose eponymous founder Ad-Darazi proclaimed him as the incarnation of God in 1018.

Also Al-Hakim is a central figure in the history of the Druze religious sect.

Hakim or Al-Hakim ( commonly or / ḥākim / or / ḥākem / حاکم meaning ruler ) is a given name for a male.

Al-Hakim is the patronym or kunya of:

'" This is related by Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, Nasa ' i, Abu Dawud, ibn Majah and Tirmidhi, who calls is hasan, and Al-Hakim who grades it sahih.

Al-Dawa was formed in 1957 by a group of Shi ' ite leaders including Mohammed Salih Al-Adeeb, Sayid Murtadha Alaskary, Abdul Sahib Dukheil, Sayid Mohammed Mahdi Al-Hakim, Sayid Mohammed Baqir Al-Hakim, Mohammed Sadiq Al-Qamoosee and Sayid Talib Al-Rafa ’ ee.

On October 18, 1009, Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ordered the complete destruction of the church.

In addition the Byzantines, while releasing 5, 000 Muslim prisoners, made demands for the restoration of other churches destroyed by Al-Hakim and the re-establishment of a Patriarch in Jerusalem.

During this stage a dispute occurred between ad-Darazi and Hamza bin Ali mainly concerning ad-Darazi's ghuluww ( Arabic, " exaggeration "), which refers to the belief that God was incarnated in human beings, especially ' Ali and his descendants, including Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah who was the current Caliph, and ad-Darazi naming himself " The Sword of the Faith " which led Hamza to write an epistle refuting the need for the sword to spread the faith and several epistles refuting the beliefs of the ghulat.

In 1018 ad-Darazi was assassinated for his teachings ; some sources claim that he was executed by Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

The order's meetings were held in the Raydan Mosque, near the Al-Hakim Mosque.

Al-Hakim became a central figure in the Druze faith even though his own religious position was disputed among scholars.

Al-Hakim disappeared one night while out on his evening ride – presumably assassinated, perhaps at the behest of his formidable elder sister Sitt al-Mulk.

Al-Hakim was replaced by his underage son, ' Alī az-Zahir.

* 1021: the ruling Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah disappears suddenly, possibly assassinated by his own sister Sitt al-Mulk, which leads to the open persecution of the Druze by Ismaili Shia ; the Druze proclaimed that Al-Hakim went into hiding ( ghayba ), whereupon he would return as the Mahdi savior.

* The Egyptian Fatimid Empire under Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah sends the sea captain Domiyat on a tributary mission to Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, in order to reestablish trade relations between Egypt and China.

During the reign of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

* Construction of the Al-Hakim Mosque begins in Cairo.

There were, however, exceptions to this general attitude of tolerance, most notably Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah although this has been highly debated, with Al-Hakim's reputation among medieval Muslim historians conflated with his role in the Druze faith.

Both Al -' Aziz Billah and Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah added to its premises.

Other grand ayatollahs include Basir Najafi, Mohammad Saeed Al-Hakim and Mohammad Ishaq Al-Fayyad.