al-Afḍal b. Badr al-Jamālī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Walker, Paul E.
Leiden
Brill
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Al-Afḍal b. Badr al-Jamālī , Abū l-Qāsim Shāhinshāh (458-515/1066-1121), was the military wazīr (amīr al-juyūsh) for three successive Fāṭimid caliphs, from 487/1094 until his assassination in 515/1121. Born at ʿAkkā (Acre) in 458/1066, he moved to Egypt in 466/1074 when his father, Badr, was given virtually dictatorial powers over what remained of the Fāṭimid empire. Twenty years later, in 487/1094, the father died, still holding that position. A senior commander of Badr's attempted to seize power, but al-