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search  Al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh (Arabic: العاضد لدين الله‎)
(1149–1171), also known as Al-Azid and Athid, was the fourteenth
and last Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (1160–1171). He is most
famous for a remarkable alliance struck during the Crusades,
between his caliphate and that of the Christians in Jerusalem,
to support each other against another Muslim invading force,
that of Nur ad-Din Zangi. The alliance, brokered by the powerful
Egyptian vizier Shawar, was sealed by, at Crusader insistence
and to the scandal of the caliph's court, the teenaged caliph
Adid actually removing his glove and shaking hands with Hugh
Grenier, one of the Christian envoys.  Al-Adid was believed by
the Hafizi Ismaili Muslims to be an imam.   He became Caliph as
a minor following the death of his brother Al-Faiz (1154–1160).
The rule of the Fatimids was so weak and divided by this time
that the Crusaders were able to begin invasions of Egypt.  With
the help of the Zengids, th