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Abū ʿAlī Manṣūr al-Āmir bi'Aḥkāmi’l-Lāh (Arabic: منصور الآمر بأحكام الله); 31 December 1096 – 7 October 1130 (Tuesday 3 Dhu'l-Qadah 524 AH) was the tenth Fatimid Caliph (1101–1130) and the 20th Isma'ili Imam of the Musta'li sect of Shia Islam.
Like his father al-Musta'li (1094–1101), al-Amir was controlled by the regent al-Afdal Shahanshah (1094–1121) and had little influence in political matters. However, after the assassination of al-Afdal in 1121 AD, the year of this coin, he managed to gain control of government.
His reign was marred by the loss of Tyre to the Crusaders. The Crusaders must have found some of these dinars, and liked them, because they struck rough counterfeits for the next fifty years. The next coin is one of those Crusader imitations. Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery, al-Amir.
Al Amir's reign also suffered from the continuation of the schism between the Nizari and the Mustaali. This conflict climaxed in the assassination of al-Amir on Tuesday, October 7, 1130 (3rd Dhu al-Qi'dah, 524 AH).