State

Fatimid Caliphate

Egyptian Shia Islamic caliphate (909–1171)

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909–1171 CE
Founded
909 CE
Ended
1171
Capital
Mahdia, Al-Mansuriya, Cairo
Languages
Arabic
Religion
Islam
Preceded by
Abbasid CaliphateAghlabidsRustamid dynastyIdrisid dynastyIkhshidid dynasty
Succeeded by
Ayyubid SultanateZirid DynastyZengid dynastyMuslim SicilyKingdom of JerusalemPrincipality of AntiochCounty of EdessaCounty of Tripoli

Overview

The Fatimid Caliphate (; Arabic: الخلافة الفاطمیّة, romanised: al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya), also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate that existed from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty. Spanning a large area of North Africa and West Asia, it ranged from the western Mediterranean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. The Fatimids traced their ancestry to the Islamic prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatima and her husband Ali, considered the first Imam of Shi'a Islam. The Fatimids were acknowledged as the rightful imams by different Isma'ili communities as well as by denominations in many other Muslim lands and adjacent regions. Starting in Ifriqiya under the Aghlabids, who were themselves nominally under the Abbasid Caliphate, the Fatimids eventually overthrew both, and extended their rule across the Mediterranean coast, ultimately making Egypt the centre of their caliphate. At its height, the caliphate included—in addition to Egypt—varying areas of the Maghreb, Sicily, the Levant, and the Hejaz.

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All rulers (14)

  1. Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah909–934 CE
  2. Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah934–946 CE
  3. Al-Mansur Billah946–953 CE
  4. Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah953–975 CE
  5. Al-Aziz Billah975–996 CE
  6. Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah996–1021 CE
  7. Ali az-Zahir1021–1036
  8. Al-Mustansir1036–1095
  9. Al-Musta'li1094–1101
  10. Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah1101–1130
  11. Al-Hafiz1132–1149
  12. Al-Zafir1149–1154
  13. Al-Faiz1154–1160
  14. Al-Adid1160–1171

Records (61)

  1. 909 CE — Capture of TahertBattle
  2. 909 CE — fall of KairouanBattle
  3. 914–915 CE — First Fatimid invasion of EgyptInvasion
  4. 919–921 CE — Second Fatimid invasion of EgyptInvasion
  5. 944–947 CE — Abu Yazid revoltWar
  6. 952 CE — Battle of GeraceBattle
  7. 958 CE — Siege of NaplesSiege
  8. 962 CE — Siege of TaorminaSiege
  9. 963–965 CE — Siege of RomettaSiege
  10. 965 CE — Battle of the StraitsNaval battle
  11. 969 CE — Fatimid conquest of EgyptWar
  12. 970 CE — Capture of RamlaBattle
  13. 970–971 CE — Siege of AntiochSiege
  14. 971 CE — Battle of AlexandrettaBattle
  15. 971 CE — First Qarmatian invasion of EgyptInvasion
  16. 971 CE — Capture of DamascusBattle
  17. 973–974 CE — Second Qarmatian invasion of EgyptInvasion
  18. 975 CE — Siege of TripoliSiege
  19. 978 CE — Battle of TawahinBattle
  20. 981–986 CE — Syrian Campaigns of Bardas Phokas the YoungerCampaign
  21. 989 CE — Battle of AbydosBattle · Emperor Basil II ▸ Bardas Phocas
  22. 994–995 CE — Siege of AleppoSiege
  23. 996–998 CE — Revolt of TyreRebellion
  24. 997 CE — Battle of AscalonBattle
  25. 998 CE — Battle of ApameaBattle
  26. 999 CE — Siege of TripoliSiege
  27. 1003 — Siege of GabèsSiege
  28. 1024–1025 — Siege of AleppoSiege
  29. 1029 — Battle of al-UqhuwanaBattle
  30. 1050 — Laodikeia CampaignCampaign
  31. 1060 — Battle of al-FunaydiqBattle
  32. 1078 — Siege of DamascusSiege
  33. 1098 — Battle of ArqaBattle · Muslims ▸ Crusaders
  34. 1098 — Battle of JerusalemBattle · Fatimid Egypt ▸ Turks
  35. 1098 — Battle of OrontesBattle · Taranto, Crusaders ▸ Emirate of Mosul
  36. 1099 — Battle of AscalonBattle
  37. 1099 — First Siege of Arsuf 1099Siege
  38. 1099 — Battle of JerusalemBattle · Crusaders ▸ Fatimid Egypt
  39. 1100 — Siege of HaifaSiege
  40. 1101 — Siege of Caesarea MaritimaSiege
  41. 1102–1109 — Siege of TripoliSiege
  42. 1102 — Battle of JaffaBattle
  43. 1102 — Battle of Tripoli, LebanonBattle · Toulouse, Crusaders ▸ Emirate of Tripoli
  44. 1103 — Siege of AcreSiege
  45. 1104 — Siege of AcreSiege
  46. 1110 — Siege of SidonSiege
  47. 1110 — Siege of BeirutSiege
  48. 1111–1112 — Siege of TyreSiege
  49. 1123 — Battle of YibnehBattle
  50. 1126 — Battle of BeirutBattle
  51. 1138 — Battle of TeqoaBattle
  52. 1148 — Battle of DamascusBattle · Muslim Caliphate ▸ Holy Roman Empire, France, Jerusalem
  53. 1150 — Battle of DalasBattle
  54. 1157 — Battle of MallahaBattle · Muslim Caliphate ▸ Kingdom of Jerusalem
  55. 1163–1169 — Crusader invasions of EgyptInvasion
  56. 1164 — Battle of ArtahBattle · Emirate of Aleppo ▸ Principality of Antioch, Byzantium, Kingdom of Tripoli
  57. 1167 — Siege of AlexandriaSiege
  58. 1167 — Battle of ElasaBattle · Seljuks ▸ Crusaders, Egyptian Rebels
  59. 1169 — Battle of the BlacksBattle
  60. 1169 — Siege of DamiettaSiege
  61. 1171 — Siege of AylaSiege

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