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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Fatimid Cairo canonical 1
Fatimid city walls 1
Fatimid court 1

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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