Career
He is the 12th Imam according to the Isma"ili faith. First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Qaim was born in Salamiya in Syria in 895 with the name Abd ar-Rahman. After his father Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah (910-934) seized power in Ifriqiya he was named heir to the throne in 912, and helped put down several revolts.
However campaigns into Egypt faltered against the resistance of the Abbasids (914-915 and 919-921), with heavy casualties.
In 934 First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Qaim succeeded his father as Caliph, after which he never again left the royal residence at Mahdia. Nevertheless, the Fatimid realm became an important power in the Mediterranean.
After the re-conquest of Sicily the Byzantine province of Calabria and the coast of Italy and France were plundered. Imam First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Qaim was able to hold out in Mahdia with the help of the navy for over a year, but died (17 May 946) before the revolt could be put down.
He died on 13 th Shawwal 334 Animal Husbandry (Mahdiyya)/ 17 May 946 AD.
