Ismaili.NET - Heritage F.I.E.L.D.Imamate of Imam Moez - 952-975AD
Mowlana Moez became the Imam of the Time at the age of 22 years. Under his leadership, a new capital near Fustat was established and came to be named al-Qahira (present-day Cairo). The great masjid of al-Azhar was also built at this time, and would eventually be extended to a university by the following Imam, Mowlana al-Aziz. This period in Ismaili history marks the lifetime of several well-known Ismaili dai's including Qazi Noman and Abu Yaqoob al-Sijistani (Aziz, 1974).
Ismaili History 530 - AL-MUIZZ (341-365/952-975)
His name was Ma'd, and kunya was Abu Tamim, surnamed al-Muizz li-din'allah (Fortifier of the religion of God). He was born in Mahdiya in 319/931 when Imam al-Mahdi was alive, who had predicted that al-Muizz would be man of great glory. He was very intelligent from his infancy. Qadi Noman writes in 'al-Majalis wa'l Musayarat' (2nd vol., pp. 616-617) that al-Muizz recalled his infancy that: 'I am reminiscing about the day I was a small child. The day I was taken into his (al-Mahdi) presence, I had been weaned and I could understand and remember that what happened.
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MUIZZ (341-365/952-975), 14TH IMAM
"His name was Ma'd, and kunya was Abu Tamim, surnamed al-Muizz li-din'allah (Fortifier of the religion of God). He was born in Mahdiya in 319/931, and ascended in 341/952. His period is noted for the extension of the Fatimid domination from Maghrib to Egypt and Syria. His Caliphate is also acclaimed for the progress of learning and arts. He himself was a learned philosopher, scientist and astronomist.
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