Sitt al-Mulk has for two years continued to wield influence as an advisor after Ali az-Zahir came of age, as evidenced by the very generous appanages that have come her way.

After the assumption of power and the elimination of her rivals, she had abolished many of the strange rules that Al-Hakim had promulgated in his reign.

She has also severely persecuted the Druze religion, which believes in Al-Hakim's divinity, eliminating it entirely from Egypt, and restricting it to the mountains of Lebanon.

She has worked to reduce tensions with Constantinople e over the possession of Aleppo, but before negotiations can be completed she dies on February 5, 1023, at the age of fifty-two.

A group of her favorites takes power after her death.

Under this regime, the Fātimid state slips into crisis as famine and plague lead to anarchy.