Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas

Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas
Gold dinar, struck in 1021 in the names of the ʾamīr al-muʾminīn al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, and the walī ʿahd al-muslimīn Abd al-Rahim
Heir-apparent of the Fatimid Caliphate
Tenure1013–1021
DynastyFatimid
ReligionIsma'ilism

Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas ibn Ahmad ibn al-Mahdi (Arabic: عبد الرحيم ابن إلياس ابن احمد بن المهدي) was a member of the Fatimid dynasty who was named heir-apparent by the caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah in 1013. When al-Hakim was murdered in 1021, he was sidelined in favour of al-Hakim's son, Ali al-Zahir, arrested and imprisoned. He died in captivity, officially by his own hands, or assassinated by the real power behind al-Zahir's throne, the princess Sitt al-Mulk.

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