39 Facts About Fatimid Syria

Fatimid Syria Caliphate was an Ismaili Shia caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries AD.

Between 902 to 909 the foundation of the Fatimid Syria state was realized by the Kutama Berbers, under the leadership of the da'i Abu Abdallah, whose conquest of Ifriqiya paved the way for the establishment of the Caliphate.

Fatimid Syria dynasty claimed descent from Fatimah, the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Fatimid Syria dynasty came to power as the leaders of Isma'ilism, a revolutionary Shi'a movement "which was at the same time political and religious, philosophical and social", and which originally proclaimed nothing less than the arrival of an Islamic messiah.

Fatimid Syria established an Isma'ili theocratic state based in Tazrut, operating in a way similar to previous Isma'ili missionary networks in Mesopotamia but adapted to local Kutama tribal structures.

Related searches

Fatimid Syria adopted the role of a traditional Islamic ruler at the head of this organization while remaining in frequent contact with Ubayd Allah.

Fatimid Syria continued to preach to his followers, known as the Awliya' Allah, and to initiate them into Isma'ili doctrine.

Ziyadat Allah III stepped up anti-Fatimid Syria propaganda, recruited volunteers, and took measures to defend the weakly-fortified city of Kairouan.

Fatimid Syria established a new, Isma'ili Shi'a regime on behalf of his absent, and for the moment unnamed, master.

Fatimid Syria was accompanied by Ziri ibn Manad, the leader of the Zirids.

Nevertheless, by the time of al-Mahdi's death in 934, the Fatimid Syria Caliphate "had become a great power in the Mediterranean".

Control of Egypt was secured with relative ease and soon afterward, in 970, Jawhar sent a force to invade Fatimid Syria and remove the remaining Ikhshidids who had fled there from Egypt.

The Fatimid Syria focus on agriculture further increased their riches and allowed the dynasty and the Egyptians to flourish.

Fatimid Syria aimed to eventually capture Jerusalem, but he died in 976 on his way back to Constantinople, thus staving off the Byzantine threat to the Fatimids.

Fatimid Syria allied with the Qarmatis and with Arab Bedouin tribes in Syria and invaded Palestine in the spring of 977.

Ibn Killis was able to subjugate most of Palestine and southern Fatimid Syria by paying off the Qarmatis with an annual tribute and making alliances with local tribes and dynasties, such as the Jarrahids and the Banu Kilab.

Fatimid Syria took Homs and Hama in 992 and defeated a combined force from Hamdanid Aleppo and Byzantine-held Antioch.

Fatimid Syria opened the Dar al-'Ilm, a library for the study of the sciences, which was in line with al-'Aziz's previous policy of cultivating this knowledge.

Fatimid Syria ordered or sanctioned the destruction of a number of churches and monasteries, which was unprecedented, and in 1009, for reasons that remain unclear, he ordered the demolition of the Church of the Holy Sephulchre in Jerusalem.

Fatimid Syria was purportedly murdered, but his body was never found.

Fatimid Syria's served as his regent until her death in 1023, at which point an alliance of courtiers and officials ruled, with al-Jarjara'i, a former finance official, at their head.

Fatimid Syria was 7 years old when he came to the throne and thus al-Jarjara'i continued to serve as vizier and his guardian.

Fatimid Syria returned to San'a where he established his family as rulers on behalf of the Fatimid caliphs.

Fatimid Syria's brother founded the city of Ta'izz, while the city of Aden became an important hub of trade between Egypt and India, which brought Egypt further wealth.

In 1062, the tentative balance between the different ethnic groups within the Fatimid Syria army collapsed and they quarreled constantly or fought each other in the streets.

Related searches

Fatimid Syria, however, saw the advance of the Sunni-aligned Seljuk Turks who had invaded much of the Middle East and had become the guardians of the Abbasid Caliphs as well as independent Turkmen groups.

Fatimid Syria commanded a large contingent of Armenian troops, many of whom were Christian.

Fatimid Syria attempted to secure the succession of his son to the vizierate as well, but this ultimately failed.

Fatimid Syria managed to carry out various administrative reforms and infrastructural projects during in the later years of al-Afdal's term, including the construction of an astronomical observatory in 1119.

Fatimid Syria accepted a pardon from the caliph and remained at the palace.

Fatimid Syria caliphs were buried in a mausoleum known as Turbat az-Za'faraan, located at the southern end of the eastern Fatimid Syria palace in Cairo on the site now occupied by the Khan el-Khalili market.

Scholars generally agree that, on the whole, Fatimid Syria rule was highly tolerant and inclusive towards different religious communities.

The Fatimid Syria state promoted Isma'ili doctrine through a hierarchical organization.

Cognizant of this, the Fatimid Syria authorities introduced Shi'a changes to religious rituals only gradually after Jawhar's conquest.

Fundamental change occurred when the Fatimid Caliphate attempted to push into Syria in the latter half of the tenth century.

The Fatimid Syria period is important in the history of Islamic art and architecture as it is one of the earliest Islamic dynasties for which enough materials survive for a detailed study of their evolution.

The stylistic diversity of Fatimid Syria art was a reflection of the wider cultural environment of the Mediterranean world at this time.

Many traces of Fatimid Syria architecture exist in both Egypt and present-day Tunisia, particularly in the former capitals of Mahdia and Cairo (al-Qahira).

Fatimid Syria dynasty continued and flourished under Al-Musta'li until Al-Amir bi-Ahkami'l-Lah's death in 1130.