Viziers of Armenian origin in Fatimid State

Fatimids who were named after Fatıma, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.v), are an important state that ruled in North Africa, Egypt and Syria between the years 296-567/909-1171. The Fȃtımȋd State was generally described as a "Shiite state" due to its prioritization of the Isma'ili sect as a state policy from its foundation to its collapse, and its continuous efforts to expand its domains by means of the esoteric inviters (dai). The Fatimids were also called Ubayd's, in reference to their first caliph, Ubeydullah al-Mahdi. They had an important place in the history of Islam because they were contemporary with the Abbasids and Andalusian Umayyads, existed concurrently with the Caliphate. The Fȃtimids managed to attract the attention of historians due to the strategic location of the geography they ruled and the political events that took place during their rule. The state administration took on a new form after Bedrü'l-Jamali, who was brought to the vizier as a prescription for salvation from the bad situation of the state in the continuation of the famine, internal conflicts and political turmoil in the period of Mustansır-Billâh, the fifth caliph of the Egyptian period. During this period, called the Viziers Period, a total of seven Armenian-born viziers, six of which were Muslims and one Christian, served until the collapse of the state. During the period when the viziers of Armenian origin were in charge, the policies followed by the Fatimids affected the Sunni world as well as the Shiite world. It has been said that the policies and reforms followed by the Armenian viziers extended the life of the Fatimid State up to a century. However, the quirk of history was also valid for the Fatimids, and the collapse of the state could not be prevented with taking positions of the incompetent rulers/caliphs.