Template:Did you know nominations/Ridwan ibn al-Walakhshi
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 12:29, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
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Ridwan ibn Walakhshi
- ... that in 1138–39, the vizier Ridwan ibn Walakhshi attempted to overthrow the Isma'ili Fatimid Caliphate and replace it with a Sunni regime headed by himself? Source: Brett, pp. 272–273.: "promised to be a second Nasir al-Dawla, threatening to turn the country over, not to Twelver Shi'ism like Kutayfat, but to Sunnism", and the description of the subsequent events (consultation of the jurists, attempt to replace the Caliph, etc.)
** ALT1:... that the former Fatimid vizier Ridwan ibn Walakhshi managed to escape his confinement in the caliphal palace by digging a tunnel under the palace wall? Source: Brett, p. 277 "Ridwān, who had contrived to dig himself a tunnel under the palace wall and escape across the Nile"
- Reviewed: PEF Survey of Palestine
Created by Cplakidas (talk). Self-nominated at 13:01, 7 January 2020 (UTC).
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Excellent article. Source is offline but I have confirmed core facts via this source [1]. I prefer ALT0. Onceinawhile (talk) 13:00, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this. Could you point out to me the line that says he intended to found a Sunni regime headed by himself? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:35, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Yoninah, it stems from the quote's reference to Nasir al-Dawla ibn Hamdan and Kutayfat: both were strongmen and de facto military dictators who tried to abolish the Fatimid caliphate, the first in favour of Sunnism, and the latter in favour of some unspecified Imamism; both were the natural candidates to head that regime (Kutayfat in fact briefly did before he was assassinated (cf more details at al-Hafiz): the vizier, i.e. Kutayfat/Ridwan, was already the de facto ruler of the country (they even bore the title of king, al-malik), and without the Fatimid imam-caliph as the nominal figurehead, he would also be that de jure. Constantine ✍ 07:43, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
