The most controversial of the #Fatimid sultans took power as an #Ismaili #caliph on #ThisDayInHistory in 996. #AlHakim, called the #MadCaliph, is infamous for his persecution of Jews and Christians, and for ordering the destruction of the #ChurchOfTheHolySepulchre in #Jerusalem.

The #Muslim #Caliph Who #Destroyed the Tomb of #Christ.

In 1009, the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ordered the destruction of the #Church of the Holy Sepulchre in #Jerusalem -
the sanctuary raised over the place of Christ’s Crucifixion
& Resurrection.

Harun al-Rashid became the 5th #caliph of the #Abbasid caliphate #OnThisDay in 786, ruling a vast empire from Baghdad but dividing it between his sons after his death, leading to civil war & the decline of the caliphate, a key turning point in #history...

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