Definition of Fatimids. Meaning of Fatimids. Synonyms of Fatimids

- east. The Fatimids traced their ancestry to the Islamic prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatima and her husband Ali, the first Shi'a imam. The Fatimids were acknowledged...
- from a branch of the Fatimids. The Alavi Bohras, predominantly based in Vadodara, also claim descent from the Fatimids. The Fatimid dynasty emerged as the...
- Mosque. After the Aghlabids came the Fatimids, who took over Ifriqiya in the early 10th century. Most notably, the Fatimids built a heavily-fortified new capital...
- was the system retained until the end of the Fatimid state. Like the Abbasids before them, the Fatimids also awarded land grants (iqṭāʾ) to their troops...
- The coinage was minted after the typical pattern of Islamic coinage. The Fatimids were particularly known for the consistently high quality of their gold...
- leaving the Fatimids only in charge of Egypt and the Levantine coast up to Tyre and Sidon. Because of the vehement opposition to the Fatimids from the Seljuks...
- by the Fatimids in 919. Mu'nis then advanced on the Fayyum, forcing the Fatimids to retreat over the desert. Thwarted in Egypt, the Fatimids remained...
- of the 10th century, the balance of power shifted in the Fatimids' favour: while the Fatimids consolidated their regime, the Abbasid Caliphate was weakened...
- mediated between the Caliph and his officials and subjects. In line with the Fatimids' general policy of toleration of Christians and Jews, several viziers were...
- Ifriqiyan Berbers before the coming if the Fatimids. From 937 on, he began a clandestine agitation against the Fatimids at Tozeur. Denounced and imprisoned,...