Fatimid

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Fatimid (plural Fatimids)

(historical) A member of a Muslim dynasty in North Africa and Egypt (approx. CE 900-1200).

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Almost two millennia later a Fatimid Berber army would again occupy Egypt from the west, and establish a dynasty there. Source: Internet

Al-Maqrizi (d.845/1442) describes how great hills of ashes were formed when the slaves and maids of the Luwata Berber tribe burned the Fatimid books. Source: Internet

By the 1060s, the tentative balance between the different ethnic groups within the Fatimid army collapsed as Egypt was suffering through a serious span of drought and famine. Source: Internet

A system of government helped update Al Mahdi on the development which took place in North Africa. citation Al Mahdi Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah established the first Imam of the Fatimid dynasty. Source: Internet

Fatimid dynasty, found in Fustat, Egypt. Brooklyn Museum Unlike western European governments in the era, advancement in Fatimid state offices was based more on merit than on heredity. Source: Internet

Continuing a practice started by the Ayyubids, much of the land occupied by former Fatimid palaces was sold and replaced by newer buildings. Source: Internet

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