The Fatimid Caliphate or Fatimid Empire (/ˈfætɪmɪd/; Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْفَاطِمِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya) was a caliphate extant from...

vizier (Arabic: وزير, romanized: wazīr) was the senior minister of the Fatimid Caliphate for most of the Egyptian period of its existence. Originally it was...

(the "Household of the Prophet"). Some caliphates in history have been led by Shiites, like the Fatimid Caliphate (909–1171). From the late 20th century...

chambers. Such an institution existed in the Abbasid Caliphate during the early 10th century. The Fatimid caliph al-Mu'izz (r. 953–975) established a palace...

The Fatimid dynasty (Arabic: الفاطميون, romanized: al-Fāṭimiyyūn) was an Arab dynasty that ruled the Fatimid Caliphate, between 909 and 1171 CE. Descended...

the Fatimid dynasty (909–1171). The Shi'ite caliphs were also regarded at the same time as the imams of the Isma'ili branch of Shi'a Islam. Fatimid Caliphate...

largest branch of Shia Islam, climaxing as a political power with the Fatimid Caliphate in the 10th through 12th centuries. Ismailis believe in the oneness...

two slaves rather than to a slave woman and a free man. During the Fatimid Caliphate (909–1171) slaves were trafficked to Egypt via several routes from...

ruled by the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates (in the Middle East and later in Spain and Southern Italy), the Fatimids, Seljuks, Ayyubids, and Mamluks were...

The condition of Fatimid Egypt can be best segmented into three areas: political, social, and economic. Power in the Fatimid Caliphate ultimately rested...