I begin 2026 with Hamd & Shukr and repost this first post on the Glorious Akhbar of The Fatimid Imams (SA) on Mind Mints Blog.
FAJRUR ZUHUR
In the words of Mir Anis who describes the sky, just before sunrise.
'amad vo aftab ki, voh subh ka sama tha jose jas ki vazd mein taoos asman'
(The advent of the sun and the morning scene, the sky like a peacock in ecstasy...)
In this post readers will get to behold the majestic sunrise - the Zuhur of Imam Mahdi (SA) in Magrib as foretold in Hadees Kudsi of Nabi (SA)
Thus Ikjan the former refuge of the Dai became once again the center of Dawa. The forces of Kutama regrouped and subsequently one by one the Forts of Baghaya, Qalama (Calama) Buna (Bone Annaba) fell in the hands of the Fatimids. The strong fortress of Maydara (present day Haydra) in Southern Tunisia capitulated without struggle.
The Aghlabid Amir Ziyadat Allah after his propaganda and gifts failed to mobilize his troops and subjects against the Fatimids, fled from Raqqada.
Thus on 25th March 909 (Rajab 296H) Saturday the Dai Abu Abdullah the Shi'i entered into victory at Raqqada, and awaited the arrival of Imam Mahdi (SA)
As Dai Abu Abdullah was consolidating his position in the Kutama country of Western Sahara, Imam Mahdi (SA) around January 905 (Rabi ul Awwal 292H) left Egypt.
In Libiya Tripoli he waited for his slave Jafar, to return from Salmiya, who had gone there to retrieve the treasure buried in the ruins of Imam Mahdi's house.
Halfway between Alexandria and Cejrenaica the caravan of Imam Mahdi (SA) was attacked by Berber robbers.
In the fight Abul Abbas, the brother of Dai Abu Abdullah, was wounded in the face. Imam Mahdi (SA) lost some of his
possessions, including the sorely missed Books with the wise saying of the Imams (SA) the religious literature.
Afterward these books were returned miraculously to his possession.
From Tripoli Abul Abbas was sent forward to Qayrawan, where his identity was compromised and he was made a prisoner. So Imam Mahdi (SA) had to change plans. As soon as his gulam Jafar arrived from Salmiya, Imam Mahdi (SA) left Tripoli to the far West States.
At Tozeur they celebrate Eid on 6th Aug: 905 (1st Shawwal 292 H) From Tozeur through the mountain massif of the Awras (Aures) and central plains of Algeria they arrived at SIJILMASA, in present day Morocco, where they rented a nice home and stayed for three months, till family members joined them.
Finally Imam Mahdi (SA)
established himself as the first Fatemi Caliph at Raqqada in 297 A.H., and the Glorious Fatimid Era took firm root in North West Africa.
(to be contd:)
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