Fatimid Cairo

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Fatimid Cairo was the medieval capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt, serving as a major political, religious, and cultural center of the Ismaili Shia Muslim world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic city ⓘ
medieval capital ⓘ
urban settlement ⓘ
architecturalStyle Fatimid architecture ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid art
associatedWithCaliph al-Mustanṣir bi-llāh ⓘ
al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh ⓘ
al-ʿAzīz bi-llāh ⓘ
linked to: al-ʿAzīz Billāh

al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Fatimid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid Caliphate
capitalOf Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
Ismaili Shia Muslim world ⓘ
linked to: Ismaili Shia
connectedTo Fustat ⓘ
Qataʾiʿ of Ibn Tulun ⓘ
country Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
culturalRole center of Ismaili missionary activity ⓘ
major intellectual center of the Islamic world ⓘ
declinePeriod 12th century ⓘ
economicRole major hub of Mediterranean trade ⓘ
terminus of Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade routes ⓘ
foundedBy Fatimid Caliph al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh ⓘ
Jawhar al-Siqilli ⓘ
foundedFor Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
foundingDate 4th century AH ⓘ
969 ⓘ
function ceremonial capital ⓘ
royal enclosure city ⓘ
hasPart Bab Zuweila ⓘ
Bab al-Futuh ⓘ
Bab al-Nasr ⓘ
Bayn al-Qasrayn ⓘ
Fatimid city walls ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid Cairo

Great Eastern Palace ⓘ
Lesser Western Palace ⓘ
administrative quarter ⓘ
al-Azhar Mosque ⓘ
linked to: Al-Azhar Mosque

al-Hakim Mosque ⓘ
linked to: Al-Hakim Mosque

army barracks ⓘ
main ceremonial avenue (later al-Muʿizz Street) ⓘ
markets ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
royal gardens ⓘ
heritageStatus core area of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Cairo ⓘ
influenced Islamic architecture in Egypt ⓘ
later Mamluk urbanism in Cairo ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Egypt ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
locatedOn east bank of the Nile ⓘ
namedAfter al-Qāhir (Mars) ⓘ
notableInstitution Dar al-ʿIlm (House of Knowledge) ⓘ
al-Azhar Mosque ⓘ
linked to: Al-Azhar Mosque
originalName al-Qāhira ⓘ
linked to: Cairo

al-Qāhira al-Muʿizziyya ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid Cairo
partOf Cairo ⓘ
peakPeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
politicalRole administrative center of the Fatimid state ⓘ
seat of the Fatimid caliph-imam ⓘ
religion Ismaili Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Ismaili Shia
religiousRole center of Ismaili jurisprudence ⓘ
site of major Shiʿi rituals and processions ⓘ
successor Ayyubid Cairo ⓘ
linked to: Cairo Citadel

Mamluk Cairo ⓘ
todayPartOf Historic Cairo ⓘ
linked to: historic Cairo
urbanForm planned city ⓘ
walled city ⓘ
urbanIntegration eventually merged with Fustat to form greater Cairo agglomeration ⓘ

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Ismaili Shia → associatedWith → Fatimid Cairo ⓘ
al-Sayyida al-Aziziyya → associatedWith → Fatimid court ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid Cairo
Fatimid Cairo → originalName → al-Qāhira al-Muʿizziyya ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid Cairo
Fatimid Cairo → hasPart → Fatimid city walls ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid Cairo
Bab Zuweila → partOf → walls of Fatimid Cairo ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid Cairo
Bab al-Futuh → partOf → Fatimid city of Cairo ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid Cairo