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 | | The Fatimid Caliphate was the political pinnacle of the Ismailis, a group of Shiites who expected the appearance of a messiah descended from the marriage of Ali, the fourth caliph, and Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. | | | The Fatimids were a Muslim dynasty claiming the caliphate, successors of Muhammad through descent from Fatima, Muhammad's daughter. | | | The Fatimids were an Islamic dynasty that reigned in North Africa and later in Egypt from 909 until 1171. |
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| | The Fatimid Dynasty traced their lineage from the Prophet's daughter Fatima Zahra and her husband Ali Ibn Abi Talib. | | | They embraced Shi'a doctrines which rejected the legitimacy of the first three Caliphs of Islam, Abu Bakr, Omar and Othman, who they claimed to be usurpers of Ali's right to succeed the Prophet in leading Islam. |
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http://www.arab.net/egypt/et_fatimid.htm
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| | The Fatimid Caliph was seen as the infallible semi-divine Imam, a manifestation of the Universal Mind, who was both religious and secular overlord. | | | Fatimid merchants travelled extensively and often were missionaries who propagated their faith from Spain to India. | | | The Fatimid conquest of Egypt in 969 was understood by Isma'ilis everywhere as a sign that the promised days of the last cycle were at hand, when the Imam would unify all Muslims, overthrow the infidels, inaugurate the golden age and "fill the earth with justice as it is now filled with injustice". |
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| | (făt´ĬmĬd) or Fatimite, dynasty claiming to hold the caliphate on the basis of descent from Fatima, a daughter of Muhammad the Prophet. | | | He took the name Ubaidallah (Obaidallah) and set up a caliphate in opposition to the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad. | | | In doctrine the Fatimids were related to other Shiite sects. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/F/Fatimid.asp
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| | A major Isma& Shi& dynasty, the Fatimids founded their own caliphate, in rivalry with the ¿Abbasids, and ruled over different parts of the Islamic world, from North Africa and Sicily to Palestine and Syria. | | | The anti-Saljuq revolutionary activities of the Persian Isma& were spreading successfully when the Fatimid al-Mostansáer died in 487/1094 and the unified Fatimid Isma& movement was rent by its greatest internal conflict, the Neza@ r^-Mosta¿l^ schism. | | | It should be noted, however, that in the aftermath of the Neza@r^-Mosta¿l^ schism in the Isma& movement, relations ceased between Persia and the later Fatimids, who ruled for another 77 years as mere puppets in the hands of their viziers and who were acknowledged as imams by different branches of Mosta¿lian Isma¿ilism (Daftary, 1990, pp. |
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| Â | Met Timeline Egypt, 500-1000 A.D. |
| | Abbasid Baghdad, the opulence of the Fatimid court fuels a renaissance in the arts, transforming Cairo into the most important cultural center in the Islamic world. | | | The congregational mosque of al-Azhar ("the splendid") is also founded at this time and, together with its adjacent institution of higher learning, becomes the spiritual center for Isma | | | in Baghdad and becomes the first independent Islamic dynasty to rule Egypt. |
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| | The Fatimids came to prominence in the early C10th at a time when the political hegemony and religious authority of the Sunni ‘Abbasid caliphate was challenged by various groups maintaining that the leadership of Islam should be in the hands of the descendants of ‘Ali. | | | In this way they claimed direct descent from Muhammad ibn Isma’il, and thus from the Prophet Muhammad via his daughter Fatima, after whom the dynasty took its name, the "Fatimids". | | | One of these Shi’i groups were the Isma&: they asserted that Imam Isma’il, the son and designated heir of Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq, predeceased his father, but that the imamate should stay in his line and pass to his son Muhammad. |
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http://islamicceramics.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/Fatimids/history.htm
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| | Its name derives from the Buwayh (also written Buyah), the father of the three brothers who founded the dynasty. | | | In Arabic and Persian scripts, single words or phrases were frequently highlighted by placing a line over (not under) the word or phrase. | | | Abjad letter-numerals are the letters of the Arabic alphabet given numerical values. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/arabic/glossary.html
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| Â | Yacov Lev. State and Society in Fatimid Egypt |
| | The best starting-point is the description of the Persian Fatimid sympathizer, Nasir-i Khusrau, who visited Egypt between August 1047 and April 1048. | | | One of those who had taken part in these events, the Treasurer, was later himself a victim of the concept that servants of the state do not enjoy full legal rights over their property. | | | As a member of the royal family, the funeral prayers were conducted by the chief Fatimid propagandist, Qasim ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz of the Nu'man family. |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/lev.html
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| Â | Nasir Khusraw [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] |
| | The Fatimid dynasty (909-1171) aimed at creating an Islamic state based on Ismaili tenets, and thus presented a direct theological and military challenge to the Sunni ‘Abbasid caliphate based in Baghdad. | | | He tells us he examined the doctrines of the different Islamic schools and was not satisfied until he found and understood the Ismaili faith. | | | From this event of conversion, he embarked on his journey, during which time he spent three years in the Ismaili court in Cairo of the Fatimid caliph, al-Mustansir (1029-1094). |
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http://www.iep.utm.edu/k/khusraw.htm
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| | The Ismailis in Bahrein and western Iran also refused to recognize the Fatimid claim to the imamate. | | | The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. | | | They flourished in the 10th century in North Africa and later in EgyptŠ In 1021Š the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim declared that he was God incarnateŠ " |
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http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_544.html
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| Â | The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids. |
| | The Fatimid Ismaili camp soon achieved its greatest success in north Africa through the efforts of the da i Abu Abd Allah al-Shi i, who had been spreading the Ismaili message among the Kutama Berbers of the region for some two decades. | | | Abd Allah al-Mahdi's claims, and his imamate, were accepted by a faction of the Ismaili community, including those living in Yemen and north Africa, while the Ismailis of Iraq and Bahrayn and the bulk of those living in the Iranian lands refused to acknowledge al-Mahdi as well as his predecessors as their imams. | | | It was indeed during their Fatimid centuries that the Ismailis developed a diversity of intellectual traditions and made important contributions to Islamic civilization. |
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http://www.ismaili.net/Source/fd0328e.html
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| Â | Fatimid Lustre: Pre-Fatimid lustre in Egypt |
| | The founder of the Ikshidid dynasty, Muhammad ibn Tugh al-Ikshid, established this dynasty’s rule in Egypt in 935; they reigned for 35 years, until the peaceful transition to Fatimid rule in 969. | | | There are no finds of Fatimid wares in Iraq, Iran, or other parts of the Islamic world which still recognised the ‘Abbasid caliphs, so perhaps it was Shi’ism that attracted the potters. | | | The restricted nature of knowledge of the lustre technique also suggests that there is only one centre of production at any time in each region: for example in this case, Basra and Fustat. |
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http://islamicceramics.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/Fatimids/egypt.htm
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| Â | Fatimid dynasty -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article |
| | political and religious dynasty that dominated an empire in North Africa and subsequently in the Middle East from AD 909 to 1171 and tried unsuccessfully to oust the 'Abbasid caliphs as leaders of... | | | Its members traced their descent from F a t imah, a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. | | | See these beautiful chimes that were used in the Ching Dynasty. |
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| | The Fatimids (descendants of the Prophet's daughter Fatima and her husband Ali) founded al-Qahira shortly after the taking of Fustat in 969. | | | Attractions include the Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi (founded by Salah al-Din, known to the west as 'Saladin', in the twelfth century, but little of the original survives), the Mausoleum of the Ottoman ruler Mohammed Ali's family and a giant bric-a-brac and animal market (not for the squeamish). | | | One other institution dates from the original Fatimid town, and that is the renowned Mosque and University of al-Azhar, founded in 970 and thus the oldest university in the world. |
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http://www.egyptvoyager.com/towns_cairo_history_islamic_fatimids.htm
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| | In 1086 a confederation of Berber clans known as the Almoravids, who had risen to power in Morocco under the banner of Islamic revival and renewal, crossed over into Spain, gaining control of the Muslim south while keeping the Christians in the north at bay. | | | The so-called Great Saljuqs, the main branch of the dynasty, governed Iran. | | | Fatimid power effectively ended in 1169, when, in an attempt to rid themselves of the Crusaders, who were then besieging Cairo, the Fatimid rulers asked a Syrian dynasty to come to their aid. |
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| Â | ipedia.com: Al-Azhar University Article |
| | Al Azhar University is connected to the mosque in Cairo named to honor Fatima Az-Zahraa, the daughter of Muhammad, from whom the Fatimid Dynasty claimed descent. | | | The mosque was built in two years from... | | | The mosque was built in two years from 971 CE. |
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| | This infuriated Sabbah, who believed the descendant of the caliph's oldest son, Nizar, was the rightful heir to the throne. | | | Before the Fatimid caliph died, he appointed his youngest son to take over the dynasty, because his oldest son died before he did. | | | The Fatimids, who ruled Egypt at the time, were the heads of the Ismailis, a sect of Islam that separated from the mainstream Shiites. |
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http://iranscope.ghandchi.com/Anthology/HassanSabbah.htm
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| | Cairo has witnessed the rise and fall of of the Greek, Persian, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, French and British Empires, and has played a major role in three of the world's great religions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. | | | Egypt's new rulers - known as the Fatimids because Al-Muez claimed to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammed through his daughter Fatima - began great building projects. | | | However, to claim that Cairo is merely a thousand years old is in fact historically inaccurate. |
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http://www.africancultures.about.com/library/dest/cairo/bldest-cairo-about-history.htm
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| | Governing centre of Muslims moves from Mecca to Baghdad | | | Heavy taxation moves large numbers of Coptic Christians to convert to Islam | | | Fatimid dynasty rule shrunk to Egypt, and is overthrown by Kurdish Vizier Saladin (Saleh al Din ibn Ayub) who starts Ayubbid dynasty |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/7generic3.shtml
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| Â | Writing Signs : The Fatimid Public Text |
| | Bierman addresses fundamental issues of what buildings mean, how inscriptions affect that meaning, and the role of written messages and the ceremonies into which they are incorporated in service of propagandist goals. | | | Examining the inscriptions on Fatimid architecture and textiles, Bierman offers insight into all elements of that society, from religion to the economy, and the enormous changes the dynasty underwent during that period. | | | She focuses her exploration on the Eastern Mediterranean in the sixth through twelfth centuries, notably Cairo's Fatimid dynasty of 969-1171. |
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| | Fatimid : Dynasty founded by Said ibn Husayn of Notheastern Syria, which claimed the Caliphate on the basis of descent from Fatima, daughter of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). | | | led to the decline of the Fatimids, who were succeeded in their last stronghold, Egypt, by the rival Abbasids in 1171. | | | Around 893 a follower of Said ibn Husayn, went to Nothwest Africa and, with the support of the Berbers, won Tunisia, Sicily, Northern Algeria, and North Libya for the Fatimids. |
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http://www.damascus-online.com/se/hist/fatimid.htm
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| Â | Definition of Caliph |
| | Abbasids, other Muslim rulers began to claim the caliphal title. | | | Following the conflict between the Fatimids and the |
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| | Please See Fatimid For Further Information about Fatimid Dynasty. |
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