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Also Known As The Mad Caliph • al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh • al-Ḥākim bi-Amrih • Abū ʿAlī al-Manṣūr
Born 985
Died 1021?
Title / Office caliph (996-1021), Egypt
House / Dynasty Fatimid dynasty
Amyrtaeus of Sais
king of Egypt
Akhenaten
Akhenaten
king of Egypt
Ramses II
Ramses II
king of Egypt
ancient Egyptian empire under Thutmose III
Thutmose III
king of Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
president of Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
president of Egypt
Saad Zaghloul
Saad Zaghloul
Egyptian statesman
Mohamed Morsi
Mohamed Morsi
president of Egypt
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
president of Egypt
Muḥammad ʿAlī
Muḥammad ʿAlī
pasha and viceroy of Egypt
Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut
ruler of Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Anwar Sadat
president of Egypt
Zahi Hawass and Barack Obama
Zahi Hawass
Egyptian archaeologist and official
Mohamed ElBaradei.
Mohamed ElBaradei
Egyptian lawyer and government official
Ahmed Shafiq
prime minister of Egypt
Omar Suleiman, 2007.
Omar Suleiman
vice president of Egypt
Ramses III
Ramses III
king of Egypt
Muṣṭafā al-Naḥḥās Pasha
prime minister of Egypt
Aḥmad Luṭfī al-Sayyid
Egyptian journalist
Sesostris III
Sesostris III
king of Egypt

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