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Fatimid
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Fatimid. Islamic dynasty which ruled Egypt from 969 to 1171. In 969 it founded the city of Cairo, and built the monumental al-Azhar (960–73) and al-Hakim (990–1013)
mosques, among many other great works of architecture, including palaces (destroyed).
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Jane Turner (1996)
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Writing Signs: The Fatimid Public Text & Fatimid Art at the Victoria and Albert Museums.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Writing Signs: The Fatimid Public Text. By IRENE A. BIERMAN...50 (cloth); $20 (paper). Fatimid Art at the Victoria and Albert Museums...much of northwest Africa. In 969 the Fatimid general Jawhar turned in the other direction...
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The Fatimid Armenians: Cultural and Political Interaction in the Near East.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; The Fatimid Armenians: Cultural and Political Interaction...their presence the very survival of the Fatimid dynasty in the face of a Saljuk onslaught...Armenians thus form a distinct chapter in Fatimid history and the ph enomenon of their participation...
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Fatimid History and Ismaili Doctrine: Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood. Qadi al-Nu'man and the Construction of Fatimid Legitimacy: The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, a Search for Salvation.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Fatimid History and Ismaili Doctrine. By PAUL E. WALKER...124.95. Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood. Qadi al-Nu'man and the Construction of Fatimid Legitimacy. By SUMAIYA A. HAMDANI. London: I...
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Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt. By JONATHAN M...Jonathan Bloom presents the entire scope of Fatimid art, from its earliest phases in the...picture and discern the true importance of Fatimid art. Exhibition catalogues and the occasional...
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Examples of Fatimid Realpolitik
Newspaper article from: Domes; 10/31/1998; 700+ words
; Domes 10-31-1998 Examples of Fatimid Realpolitik(*) One of the problems of interpreting Fatimid history has been the over-emphasis placed...Notwithstanding the ideological basis of the Fatimid State, its practical politics seem to be...
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Ritual, Politics, and the City of Fatimid Cairo.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...geography, this work explains court ritual in Fatimid Egypt (358-567/969-1171) as an...Fustat. Sanders insightfully analyzes Fatimid caliphal ceremonies as a combination of...Isma ili or Shi i ideological content of Fatimid ritual is for the most part limited to...
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Government intervention in the Coptic church in Egypt during the Fatimid Period
Magazine article from: The Muslim World; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; The period of Fatimid rule in Egypt (969-1171 C. E...wealthy and rose to great heights in the Fatimid government (one even became a ruling...communication had previously been sporadic, the Fatimid period saw a great increase in the amount...
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Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood
Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal; 4/1/2007; ; 439 words
; ...Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood, by Sumaiya A. Hamdani. London...and theological writings of the famous Fatimid author Qadi al-Nu'man. The book takes...small number of devoted followers, the Fatimid Isma'ili state developed an approach...
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Al-Mu'ayyad al-Shirazi and Fatimid da`wa poetry; a case of commitment in classical Arabic literature.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 527 words
; ...9004141030 Al-Mu'ayyad al-Shirazi and Fatimid da`wa poetry; a case of commitment...Islamic scholar and poet committed to the Fatimid religio-political ideology, explains...Chicago), and founded the tradition of Fatimid da'wa (religious mission) poetry that...
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Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Middle East; 5/1/2007; ; 548 words
; ...BETWEEN REVOLUTION AND STATE THE PATH TO FATIMID STATEHOOD By Sumaiya Hamdani published...Al Nu'man, already famous in the Fatimid era, produced a legacy which consists...of one of the seminal figures of the Fatimid period.
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Fatimid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fatimid or Fatimite , dynasty claiming to hold...the tribes who had first supported the Fatimid claims. From their fortress capital of...953-75) of the 4th caliph, Moizz, Fatimid fortunes reached their height. Moizz...
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Assassins
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...century following the destruction of the Fatimid dynasty in Egypt. Following the emergence...Islam). In the wake of the fall of the Fatimid dynasty, two parties arose, each attempting...regain the throne. The first supported the Fatimid prince, al-Tayyib. The other supported...
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Abd al-Rahman III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...and waged a diplomatic campaign against Fatimid influence in North Africa. In 920 he...pretensions over the claims of Abbasid and Fatimid rivals. The assumption of the caliphal...pacified the realm, dealt ably with his Fatimid rivals, and stabilized the frontier with...
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Saladin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...ad-Din, on campaigns (1164, 1167, 1168) against the Fatimid rulers of Egypt. Shirkuh became vizier there and on his death...succeeded by Saladin. Saladin later caused the name of the Shiite Fatimid caliph to be dropped from the Friday prayer, thus deposing...
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Cairo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...section called Old Cairo. Cairo itself was founded in 969 by the Fatimid general Jauhar Al Rumi to replace nearby Al Qatai (established...as the capital of Egypt. In the 12th cent. Saladin ended Fatimid rule and established the Ayyubite dynasty (1171-1250...
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