Al-Naysaburi, a Fatimid author, wrote about the ideal characteristics of a da’i: namely the virtues…
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Few works with enamels have survived from the early Islamic period. The fabrication of this…
This article discusses the coinage of the 12th-century Ismaili Sulayhid/Zurayid dynasties in the light of…
The Al-Azhar, a major mosque and institution of learning founded in Cairo by the Fatimid…
Al-Maqrizi (d. 1442), a Sunni, Egyptian scholar, was a prolific author of the Mamluk period…
In this original study, Elizabeth R. Alexandrin examines the complex relationships that can be inscribed between medieval Ismā’īlī thought as an intellectual tradition with a devotional practice of reliance on the imām
In 909, the Ismaili Imamat established the Fatimid state in present-day Tunisia. Sixty years later,…
Tuesday, February 21, 8:15 pm Discover the contributions the Fatimids made to the architectural history…
There has been much misinformation about Islam. Reports in Western media tend to perpetuate stereotypes…
Named after the Prophet’s daughter, the Fatimids established their empire in 909 in North Africa…
The eighth Fatimid Caliph and eighteenth Ismaili Imam, Abu Tamim Ma’add al-Mustansir bi’llah I passed…
The first major Quran exhibition in the United States opened its doors in Washington, D.C.,…
Named after the Prophet’s daughter, the Fatimids established their empire in 909 in North Africa…
For almost 13 centuries, from the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 to the…
Visitors are currently able to see the Fatimid coins in a local museum exhibit called “Time Travel.”
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