broad-minded and inclusive societies presided over by the great Abbasid and Fatimid caliphs and the superb intellectual and artistic achievements they encouraged. The history of the caliphate, and ...

The Caliph al-Muqtadi (908-932) presided over a palace that contained 4,000 women, 7,000 eunuch guards and menial laborers, plus 4,000 eunuch bureaucrats to administer the realm. When the Fatimid ...

Some of the characterisations of Fatimid architecture, a movement developed in the Fatimid Caliphate in North Africa, which ended in the 12th century, include keel-shaped arches supported by ...

Antiquities minister Mamdouh Eldamaty told Ahram Online that if studies confirm the wall dates back to the Fatimid Caliphate (909 - 1171 AD) it will constitute an important discovery. Eldamaty ...

At its peak, their caliphate encompassed a large part of North Africa, Sicily and the Middle East. The Fatimid caliphate was characterized by remarkable cultural dynamism. The Fatimids created a ...

Photo by Anastasia Shapiro, Israel Antiquities Authority The Crusader Frankish period in Israel began in 1099, with the conquest of Jerusalem from the Fatimid Caliphate, who had ruled the country ...

A century ago, the fledgling state of Turkey sent the last caliph Abdulmecid II into exile and consigned an Islamic institution to history The first caliph, Selim I (1470-1520), who assumed power ...