Fatimid Caliphate
Egyptian Shia Islamic caliphate (909–1171)
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Summary
Fatimid Caliphate is a caliphate[1]. It draws 11,658 Wikipedia views per month (caliphate category, ranking #3 of 9).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Islam[3]
- Continent: Asia[4], Africa[5], Europe[6]
- Instance of: transcontinental country[7], historical country[8], Islamic state[9]
- Capital: Mahdia[10], Al-Mansuriya[11], Cairo[12]
- Official language: Arabic[13]
- Currency: dinar[14], Dirham[15]
- Founder: Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah[16]
- Named after: Fatima[17]
- Follows: Abbasid Caliphate[18], Aghlabids[19], Ikhshidid dynasty[20]
- Commons category: Fatimid Caliphate[21]
- Inception: 909[22]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 1171[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fatimid Caliphate[24]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Fatimid Caliphate[25]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27]
- Replaces: Abbasid Caliphate[28], Aghlabids[29], Rustamid dynasty[30], Idrisid dynasty[31], Ikhshidid dynasty[32]
- Replaced by: Ayyubid Sultanate[33], Zirid Dynasty[34], Zengid dynasty[35], Muslim Sicily[36], Kingdom of Jerusalem[37], Principality of Antioch[38], County of Edessa[39], County of Tripoli[40], Hammadid dynasty[41]
- Topic has template: Template:Fatimid Caliphate topics[42]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from the Fatimid Caliphate[43]
- Office held by head of state: Fatimid Caliph[44]
- Area: 4,100,000[45]
- Position held by head of the organization: Fatimid Caliph[46]
- Language used: Berber[47], Arabic[48], Coptic[49]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[50]
- P14541: 1O7JNA[51]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Fatimid Caliphate include El Sharabia[52], a shiyakha[53], in Egypt[54].
Why It Matters
Fatimid Caliphate has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 161 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for it include El Sharabia[52], a shiyakha[53], in Egypt[54].