13 results for “fatimid”
...nalized Sunni learning and formed a bulwark against Ismaili Fatimid influence.
...har mosque-university in Cairo was founded in 361 AH by the Fatimid dynasty — a Shia Ismaili dynasty that conquered Egypt and s...
...a. The fragmented state of the Muslim world — with Seljuks, Fatimids, and local emirs in competition — meant there was no unifi...
...ne of the most savage massacres of the medieval period. The Fatimid garrison under Iftikhar al-Dawla had expelled the Christian...
The Fatimid dynasty, an Ismaili Shia caliphate, was established in Nort...
The Fatimid general Jawhar al-Siqilli conquered Egypt and founded the c...
The Fatimid general Jawhar as-Siqilli founded al-Azhar mosque in Cairo,...
Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, founded by the Fatimids in 970 CE, began functioning as a university, making it on...
Saladin founded the Ayyubid dynasty after deposing the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt. The Ayyubids restored Sunni governance ...
The fall of Jerusalem in 1099 CE and the initial fragmented Muslim response to the Crusader invasion of the Levant.
The Ismaili Shia dynasty that ruled North Africa and Egypt from 909 to 1171 CE, founding Cairo and al-Azhar.