9 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 ...