The caliph's Turkish bodyguard was the beginning of the dismemberment of the caliphate.
"The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI."
Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
After these two great rulers the Fatimid caliphate subsisted for nearly two centuries by no virtue or energy of its own.
"The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI."
Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
But Ibrahim, who would probably have succeeded to the caliphate, was known to hate the Grand Vizier, and would not only put him to death, but might also, not improbably, have taken measures to rid himself of Zobeideh and her son.
"Tales of the Caliph"
H. N. Crellin