page_title: Abu Zayd al-Hilali
hierarchical_section_title: Abu Zayd al-Hilali
caption_attribution_description: A tattooing pattern depicting Arab hero Abu Zayd al-Hilali (right) chopping off the head of Hegazi ibn Rafe' (left). The inscription at the bottom indicates that the pattern was printed in 1326 H (1908 in the Gregorian calendar) in Cairo's Darb al-Ahmar district under the auspices of Muhammad Muhammad Abu Taleb. The original uploader of this image on Flickr stated that it came from the Cairo Anthropological Museum. However, there is no such museum in Cairo. The uploader most likely intended to refer to the Ethnological Museum, which is affiliated with the Egyptian Geographic Society.
context_page_description: Abu Zayd Ibn Rizq Al-Hilali was an 11th-century Arab leader and hero of the 'Amirid tribe of Banu Hilal.
  On the orders of the Ismaili Fatimid caliph, Abu Zayd moved his tribe to Tunisia via Egypt to punish the Zirids for adopting Sunniism. The Banu Hilali weakened largely the Zirid state and sacked Kairouan. The event was fictionalized in the epic Taghribat Bani Hilal. In the epic it is said that he was murdered by his rival Dhieb bin Ghanim.
context_section_description: Abu Zayd Ibn Rizq Al-Hilali listen  (Arabic: أبو زيد ابن رزق الهلالي‎, Ābu Zayd al-Hilalī) was an 11th-century Arab leader and hero of the 'Amirid tribe of Banu Hilal.
  On the orders of the Ismaili Fatimid caliph, Abu Zayd moved his tribe to Tunisia via Egypt to punish the Zirids for adopting Sunniism. The Banu Hilali weakened largely the Zirid state and sacked Kairouan. The event was fictionalized in the epic Taghribat Bani Hilal. In the epic it is said that he was murdered by his rival Dhieb bin Ghanim.
caption: A 1908 Egyptian painting depicting Abu Zayd al-Hilali
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