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Cairo was established by the fourth Fatimid caliph, al-Mu'izz, in 359 AH/970 CE and remained the capital of the Fatimid caliphate for the duration of the dynasty. The city was officially named al-Qāhirah al-Mu'izziyya ( Arabic : القاهرة المعزية ), which can be translated as the "Victorious City of al-Mu'izz", known afterward ...
The Fatimid dynasty (Arabic: الفاطميون, romanized: al-Fāṭimiyyūn) was an Arab dynasty that ruled the Fatimid Caliphate, between 909 and 1171 CE. Descended from Fatima and Ali , and adhering to Isma'ili Shi'ism , they held the Isma'ili imamate , and were regarded as the rightful leaders of the Muslim community.
Fatimid literature rose to a degree of prominence in the period of al-Mu'izz with the emergence of skilled poets like Ibn Hani, who was often compared to al-Mutanabbi, and hailed as the Mutanabbi of the West. Da'a'im al-Islam, the canon law of the Fatimid Caliphate, was completed under al-Mu'izz. [3]
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El-Mansuriya [a] or Mansuriya (Arabic: المنصورية), also known as Sabra or Sabra al-Mansuriyya, [2] [3] near Kairouan, Tunisia, was the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate during the rule of the Ismaili Imams al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah (r. 946–953) and al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (r. 953–975).
Al-Mansuriya, near Kairouan, Tunisia, was the capital of Fatimid Caliphate during the rules of the Imams al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah (r. 946–953) and al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah (r. 953–975). [12] Built between 946 and 972, it was a circular walled city holding elaborate palaces surrounded by gardens, artificial pools and water channels. [13]
A plan of Fatimid Cairo (before 1200 CE), as reconstructed by Stanley Lane-Poole, showing the approximate layout of the city and the location of the palaces.. The Fatimids were a Shia Muslim Caliphate that initially controlled Ifriqiya, where they founded their first capital at Mahdia.
Fled Salamiya in 903, and settled at Sijilmasa in 905 while Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i overthrew the Aghlabids and established the Fatimid Caliphate in his name in 909. Fatimid rule over Ifriqiya was consolidated and extended to Sicily, but three attempts to invade Egypt and thence attack the Abbasids failed. 2 Abu'l-Qasim ابو القاسم ...