When al-Mustansir died in December 1094, the powerful , , raised Nizar's younger brother to the throne in , bypassing the claims of Nizar and other older sons of al-Mustansir.
During the 12th century, some of Nizar's actual or claimed descendants tried, without success, to seize the throne from the Fatimid caliphs.
This line continues to this day in the person of the.