Kutayfāt, also known asAbu Ali Ahmad ibn al-Afdal oral-Afdal Kutayfāt, (d. 1131) wasvizier andamīr al-juyūsh (commander of the armies) toal-Hafiz, Caliph of Egypt, from 1130 to 1131. He seized power by imprisoning al-Hafiz but was murdered byFatimid forces loyal to the caliph. Kutayfāt was the son ofal-Afdal Shahanshah and grandson ofBadr al-Jamali, and so the third generation of Armenians serving as Fatimid vizier.

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• Viziers of the Fatimid Caliphate
• 1131 deaths
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• Leaders who took power by coup
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