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al-Mahdi Billah
المهدي بالله
Calif al Mahdi Kairouan 912 CE(png).png
Gold dinar of Caliph al-Mahdi, Kairouan, 912 CE
Caliph of the Fatimid Dynasty
Reign November 909 – 3 April 934
Successor al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
Born Sa'id
31 July 873 or 874
Khuzestan/Salamiya
Died 3 April 934 (aged 59-60)
Mahdiya
Issue al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
Full name
Kunya: Abu Muhammad
Given name: Abdallah
Laqab: al-Mahdi Billah
Dynasty Fatimid
Father al-Husayn (Abu Abdallah az-Zaki)
Religion Isma'ili Shia Islam

Abu Muhammad Ubayd Allah ibn al-Husayn (873 – 4 March 934), better known by his regnal name Abu Muhammad Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah (Arabic: أبو محمد عبيد الله المهدي بالله), was the founder of the Isma'ili Fatimid Caliphate, the only major Shi'a caliphate in Islamic history, and the eleventh imam of the Isma'ili faith.

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