At its height, the Fatimid Caliphate stretched across the southern Mediterranean, from eastern Morocco to southern Turkey. From their base in Syria in 909, the Fatimids’ Ismaili leaders marched ...

Caliphate: The History of an Idea Hugh Kennedy. Basic, $27.99 ... Fatimid caliph Haˉkim, on the other hand, “made decrees and new laws entirely on his own initiative, ...

When the Fatimid caliphate fell in 1171, the seat of government had 12,000 members. Only Caliph al-‘Adid and his immediate male relatives had intact testicles. The rest were women and eunuchs.

The U.K. recognized Egypt as a country in 1922, but the Fatimid Caliphate conquered Egypt back in 969. One could even argue that Egypt was born when the First Dynasty of Egypt formed around 3100 BCE.

The coins are identified as dinars, the official currency of the Fatimid caliphate that ruled much of the Mediterranean from A.D. 909 to 1171. The find was made by accident in early February, ...

Original Fatimid wall possibly uncovered in Old Cairo's Gamaliya Studies will confirm whether the brickwork dates back to the Fatimid Caliphate Nevine El-Aref , Wednesday 2 Sep 2015 , ...

After defeating the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt, Saladin abolished all the ceremonies and celebrations that Fatimids had in Egypt. Researchers say that he was aiming to strengthen the state to be ...

A female caliph or the wife or widow of a caliph is called Calipha. There has only been one calipha in history—Sitt al-Mulk of the Fatimid Caliphate who ruled from 1021 to 1023.

Scuba divers have discovered the largest trove of gold coins ever found off Israel’s Mediterranean coast – about 2,000 pieces dating back more ...

Antiquities minister Mamdouh Eldamaty told Ahram Online that if studies confirm the wall dates back to the Fatimid Caliphate (909 - 1171 AD) it will constitute an important discovery.