Abū Rakwa al-Walīd ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik () (died 20 March 1007) was an

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who arrived in

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from

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in 1005 and waged war on the

Fatimid Caliphate The Fatimid Caliphate was an Isma'ilism, Ismaili Shia Islam, Shi'a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries AD. Spanning a large area of North Africa, it ranged from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the ea ...

with the support of the Banu Qurra. After taking the city and defeating a Fatimid army, his forces invaded Egypt and nearly toppled the regime of Caliph al-Hakim after a battle in

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against an army led by

Ali ibn Ja'far ibn Fallah Quṭb al-Dawla Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Jaʾfar ibn Fallāh () () was a Fatimid commander and governor in the service of Caliph al-Hakim (). Life Ali was a son of Ja'far ibn Falah, a prominent Kutami Berber general. Ali succeeded his brother ...

. He diverted his revolt to

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and the Fatimids managed to get the Banu Qurra again on their side, thereby defeating the rebellion. In 1006, Abu Rakwa fled to Nobadia, but the

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refused to let him continue and he was captured by leader of the Rabi'a, Abu'l-Makarim Hibat Allah, who handed him over to the Fatimids. He was sent to

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, where he was executed. Abu'l-Makarim was rewarded with the title '' Kanz al-Dawla'' for his part in end of Abū Rakwa's revolt.

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