Al-Qāʾim, al-Qaim, or al-Ḳāʾim (, "the riser") may refer to:
People
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al-Qāʾim Āl Muḥammad
In Shia Islam, Qāʾim Āl Muḥammad () is an epithet for the Mahdi, the eschatological figure in Islam who is widely believed to restore the religion and justice in the end of time. The term was used as early as the eighth century to refer to a ...
, a messiah-like figure in Shi'a Islam, similar to the Mahdi
* People with full name or honorific al-Qāʾim bi-amr Allāh ("the one raised by
r 'who carries out'God's order"):
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Muhammad al-Mahdi
Muhammad al-Mahdi () is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justice and redeem Islam.
Hasan al-Askari, the eleventh Imam ...
(869–?), 12th Shia imam, also called Muhammad al-Qa'im
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al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph)
Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh (; March/April 893 – 17 May 946), better known by his regnal name al-Qāʾim () or al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allāh (), was the twelfth Isma'ili Imam and second caliph of the Fatimid dynasty, ruling in Ifriqi ...
(r.934–946), the second Fatimid caliph in Ifriqiya
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al-Qa'im (Abbasid caliph at Baghdad)
Abū Ja'far Abdallah ibn Aḥmad al-Qādir (), better known by his regnal name al-Qā'im bi-amri 'llāh () or simply as al-Qā'im; 8 November 1001 – 3 April 1075), was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1031 to 1075. He was the son of the prev ...
(1031–1075), son of al-Qadir
** Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Faraj, rival sultan to
Muhammad IV of Granada in 1327
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al-Qa'im (Abbasid caliph at Cairo)
Abū al-Baqa Hamza Al-Qa'im (; died 1458) was the thirteenth Abbasid caliph of Cairo for the Mamluk Sultanate between 1451 and 1455. He was deposed by Sultan Sayf ad-Din Inal after al-Qa'im supported a mutiny of ''mamluks'' against Inal.
Life ...
(f. 1451–1455), caliph under Mamluk authority
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Abu Abdallah al-Qaim (fl. 1509–1517), ruler of Sous in Morocco
Places
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Al-Qa'im District, a district of Iraq
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Al-Qa'im (town)
Al-Qa'im () is an Iraqi border town located nearly 400 km (248 mi) northwest of Baghdad near the Syrian border and situated along the Euphrates River, and located in the Al Anbar Governorate. It has a population of about 74,100 and it' ...
, a town situated in the above district
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Al-Qa'im border crossing, between Syria and Iraq
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