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Fatimid Caliphate

The Fatimid Caliphate (/ˈfætɪmɪd/; Arabic: الخلافة الفاطمیّة, romanised: al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya), also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate that existed from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty. Spanning a large area of North Africa and West Asia, it ranged from the western…

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Capital
Raqqada (909–921) · Mahdia (921–948) · al-Mansuriya (948–973) · Cairo (973–1171)
Common languages
Arabic · Berber languages · Coptic
Currency
Fatimid coinage
Government
Hereditary monarchy
Religion
Ismaili Shia Islam (state) · Sunni Islam · Ibadism
• 1160–1171
Al-Adid li-Din Allah (last)

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Fatimid Caliphate

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Fatimid Caliphate

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related to Consolidation and western rivalry · 73
Fatimid Caliphate → Abi'l-Afiya, Abu Abdallah, Abu Yazid, Aghlabids, Al-Andalus, Al-Qa'im, Algeria, All, As, Caliph Al-Mu'izz, Ceuta, Construction, Cordoba, Din Allah, Fatimid, Fatimids, Fez, For, Gibraltar, Habus
related to Cairo · 22
Fatimid Caliphate → AH/1171 CE, AH/970, AH/970 CE, AH/990, Ayyubid, Azhar, Cairo, CE, English, Fatimid, Hakim, Likewise, Mamluk-era, Maqrizi, Mu'izz, Mu'izziyya, Perhaps, Qahira, Qahirah, The
related to Military system · 22
Fatimid Caliphate → Abbasid Caliphate, Africans, Amr Allah, Arabs, Armenians, Aziz Billah, Berbers, Caliph, Egypt, Hakim, Ifriqiya, Kutama Berber, Mamluks, Syria, Syrians, The, The Fatimid, The Fatimids, This, Thus
related to Al-Mahdiyya · 20
Fatimid Caliphate → Abdullah, Aghlabids, AH/909, AH/912, Al-Mahdiyya, CE, Fatimid, Fatimids, Gulf, Hammamet, Kairouan, Mahdi, Mahdiyya, Mediterranean Sea, Qa'im, Raqqada, The, This, Tunisia, With
Capital · 4
Fatimid Caliphate → al-Mansuriya (948–973), Cairo (973–1171), Mahdia (921–948), Raqqada (909–921)
Common languages · 3
Fatimid Caliphate → Arabic, Berber languages, Coptic
Religion · 3
Fatimid Caliphate → Ibadism, Ismaili Shia Islam (state), Sunni Islam
see also · 2
Fatimid Caliphate → List, Shia
Currency · 1
Fatimid Caliphate → Fatimid coinage
Government · 1
Fatimid Caliphate → Hereditary monarchy

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fatimid egypt caliph fatimids cairo also caliphate abdallah ibn kutama new isma'ili city abu vizier dynasty army syria state capital

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Fatimid CaliphateCapitalRaqqada (909–921)1.00infobox
Fatimid CaliphateCapitalMahdia (921–948)1.00infobox
Fatimid CaliphateCapitalal-Mansuriya (948–973)1.00infobox
Fatimid CaliphateCapitalCairo (973–1171)1.00infobox
Fatimid CaliphateCommon languagesArabic1.00infobox
Fatimid CaliphateCommon languagesBerber languages1.00infobox
Fatimid CaliphateCommon languagesCoptic1.00infobox
Fatimid CaliphateCurrencyFatimid coinage1.00infobox
Fatimid CaliphateGovernmentHereditary monarchy1.00infobox
Fatimid CaliphateReligionIsmaili Shia Islam (state)1.00infobox
Fatimid CaliphateReligionSunni Islam1.00infobox
Fatimid CaliphateReligionIbadism1.00infobox
Fatimid Caliphate• 1160–1171Al-Adid li-Din Allah (last)1.00infobox
Fatimid Caliphate• 1169–1171Saladin1.00infobox
Fatimid Caliphate• 909–934Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah (first)1.00infobox
Fatimid Caliphate• 979–983Ya'qub ibn Killis1.00infobox
Fatimid Caliphate• Abolished by Saladin17 September 11711.00infobox
Fatimid Caliphate• Fatimid conquest of Egypt and foundation of Cairo9691.00infobox
Fatimid Caliphate• Overthrow of the Aghlabids9091.00infobox
Fatimid Caliphate• Total4,100,000 km2 (1,600,000 sq mi)1.00infobox

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