Editing Fatimid dynasty (section)

==Family trees==
{{See also|List of Fatimid caliphs}}

===Descent from Ali as accepted by the later Isma'ilis===
{{Fatimid descent from Ali|state=collapsed}}

===Genealogy according to al-Mahdi's letter to the Yemeni community===
{{chart top|Descent according to a letter sent to the Isma'ili community in Yemen by al-Mahdi bi'llah, which was reproduced by [[Ja'far ibn Mansur al-Yaman]]{{sfn|Daftary|2007|pp=101, 118–119}}{{sfn|Halm|1991|pp=145–147}}}}
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{{tree chart| |ALI|~|y|~|FATIM|ALI=[[Ali ibn Abi Talib]]|boxstyle_ALI=background-color: #dfd;|FATIM=[[Fatimah bint Muhammad]]}}
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{{tree chart|HASAN| | | | | |HUSAY|HASAN=[[al-Hasan ibn Ali]]|boxstyle_HASAN=background-color: #dfd;|HUSAY=[[al-Husayn ibn Ali]]|boxstyle_HUSAY=background-color: #dfd;}}
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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |ALI2 |ALI2=[[Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin]]|boxstyle_ALI2=background-color: #dfd;}}
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{{tree chart|ZAYD | | | | | |MUHAM|ZAYD=[[Zayd ibn Ali]]|MUHAM=[[Muhammad al-Baqir]]|boxstyle_MUHAM=background-color: #dfd;}}
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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |JAFAR| |JAFAR=[[Ja'far al-Sadiq ]]|boxstyle_JAFAR=background-color: #dfd;}}
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{{tree chart|ISMAI| |MUSA | |AFTAH|AFTAH=[[Abdallah al-Aftah]]|MUSA=[[Musa al-Kadhim]]|ISMAI=[[Isma'il ibn Ja'far]]|boxstyle_AFTAH=background-color: #dfd;}}
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{{tree chart|MUHA2| |TWELV| |AKBAR|AKBAR=[[Ahmad al-Wafi|Abdallah al-Akbar]]<br/>(in concealment)|TWELV=[[Twelver Shi'ism|Twelver]] imams|MUHA2=[[Muhammad ibn Isma'il]]|boxstyle_AKBAR=background-color: #dfd;}}
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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |AHMAD|AHMAD=[[Muhammad at-Taqi (Isma'ili)|Ahmad]]<br/>(in concealment)|boxstyle_AHMAD=background-color: #dfd;}}
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{{tree chart|ABUAL| | | | | |HUSA2|ABUAL=Abu Ali Muhammad<br>(Abu'l-Shalaghlagh)|HUSA2=[[Radi Abdullah|al-Husayn]]<br/>(in concealment)|boxstyle_HUSA2=background-color: #dfd;}}
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{{tree chart|DAUGH|~|~|y|~|~|MAHDI|DAUGH=Daughter|MAHDI=[[Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah|Abdallah<br>'''al-Mahdi bi'llah''']]|boxstyle_MAHDI=background-color: #dfd;}}
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{{tree chart| | | | |QAIM | | | | |QAIM=[[Al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph)|Muhammad<br>'''al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah''']]|boxstyle_QAIM=background-color: #dfd;}}
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===Genealogy as proposed by Bernard Lewis===
{{chart top|{{transliteration|ar|Mustawda'}}/Qaddahite (left) and {{transliteration|ar|Mustakarr}}/Alid (right) imams, as proposed by Bernard Lewis{{sfn|Lewis|1940|pp=71–73}}}}
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{{Tree chart|MAYMUN|MAYMUN=[[Maymun al-Qaddah]]}}
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{{Tree chart|ABDALLAH|ABDALLAH=[[Abd Allah ibn Maymun al-Qaddah|Abdallah]]}}
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{{Tree chart|MUHAMMAD|MUHAMMAD=Muhammad}}
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{{Tree chart|HUSAYN|HUSAYN=Husayn}}
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{{Tree chart|AHMAD|AHMAD=Ahmad}}
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{{Tree chart|SAID|SAID=Sa'id<br>[[Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah]]}}
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{{Tree chart|MBI|MBI=[[Muhammad ibn Isma'il]]}}
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{{Tree chart|AHMAD|AHMAD=Ahmad}}
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{{Tree chart|ALI|ALI=Ali}}
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{{Tree chart|QAIM|QAIM=[[al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph)|Muhammad<br>al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah]]}}
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===Dynastic family tree===
{{Fatimid family tree|state=collapsed}}