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Events Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, sixth Fatimid Caliph of Egypt disappears on a trip to al-Muqattam hills. He is presumed deceased and succeeded by Ali az-Zahir. However the Druzes, a sect of Ismaili Muslims, believe him to have been hidden away by God (Allah) and begin worshiping him in the mountains of Lebanon. He is the first Caliph to be worshipped as being Divine in his own right. Births Eudocia Macrembolitissa, empress of Byzantine Emperor Constantine X (d. 1096) Deaths Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, sixth Fatimid Caliph of Egypt (unconfirmed).
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