QAIM The Sec.^ond Fatimid Caliph (322-334 A.H.)
OQaim was born in 275 A.H. at Salamiya in Syria. During the Laliphate-e of his father he distinguished himself in military action Against artiie Berber tribes, who kept on revolting all over North Africa, hi n 299 A.H. he brought many of the Maghribi towns under jratimid i rule. In 350 A.H. he suppressed the dangerous revolt of Muhammmad bin-K.hizr whose Kharijite followers were active among
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the Berber tribes. It was under his supervision that the town of Muhammadiya was constructed. In the Maghrib another Berber rebel Ibn- Taint was suppressed by Qaim. He carried out raids on the southern coast of France with the new fleet which was built under his supervision at Mahdiya. He temporarily occupied the island of Sardinia near the Italian coast. The town of Fas (Fez) in Moroccowas now conquered.
