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  Fatimid. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
In doctrine the Fatimids were related to other Shiite sects.
In the reign (953–75) of the 4th caliph, Moizz, Fatimid fortunes reached their height.
In 1171 Adid, the 14th and last of the Fatimid rulers, died.
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The Fatimids or Fatimid Caliphate (Arabic الفاطميون) is the Ismaili Shiite dynasty that ruled much of North Africa from A.D. 5 January 910 to 1171.
Under the Fatimids, Egypt became the center of an empire that included at its peak North Africa, Sicily, Palestine, Syria, the Red Sea coast of Africa, the Yemen, and the Hejaz.
Al-Aziz (* 955; †996) was the fifth Caliph of the Fatimids (975-996).
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The Fatimid or Fatimid Caliphate is the Ismaili Shiite dynasty that ruled North Africa from A.D. to 1171.
The Fatimids entered Egypt in 972 where they founded a new capital at al-Qahira al-Mu'izziya (Cairo), meaning "Mu'izz's Cairo/Conqueress (i.e.
Believers in this tradition became known as the Druze who still exist in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel.
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 AllRefer.com - Fatimid (North African History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Fatimid (North African History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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Fatimid[fat´imid] Pronunciation Key or Fatimite[–imIt] Pronunciation Key, dynasty claiming to hold the caliphate on the basis of descent from Fatima, a daughter of Muhammad the Prophet.
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In the reign (953-75) of the 4th caliph, Moizz, Fatimid fortunes reached their height.
Bibliography: See D. O'Leary, Short History of the Fatimid Khalifate (1923).
Publication: International Herald Tribune; Author: Souren Melikian ; Source: NEWSPAPERS
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