5 results for “fatimids”

...a. The fragmented state of the Muslim world — with Seljuks, Fatimids, and local emirs in competition — meant there was no unifie...

...Egypt and founding Cairo in 969 CE. Despite being Shia, the Fatimids generally tolerated Sunni scholarship and built al-Azhar mo...

...s planned as a royal enclave and administrative center. The Fatimids later founded al-Azhar mosque and university there, which b...

Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, founded by the Fatimids in 970 CE, began functioning as a university, making it one...

The fall of Jerusalem in 1099 CE and the initial fragmented Muslim response to the Crusader invasion of the Levant.