Case file · High strangeness
Disappearance of Caliph al-Hakim
On the night of 13 February 1021 the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim rode out alone into the Muqattam hills above Cairo, as he often did, and never returned. Only his donkey and bloodied clothes were found.
1021 CE · 30.02, 31.29 · status: official
The account
Chroniclers suspected a plot by his sister Sitt al-Mulk. The Druze, who regard al-Hakim as a manifestation of the divine, believe he went into occultation and will return.
The sceptical view
Most historians accept that he was murdered.