Among the highlights of the current Wilkes & Curtis auction is a Fatimid gold dinar…
Tag: Fatimids
1. Introduction “We ought not to be ashamed of appreciating the truth and of acquiring…
Works of art have made up the visual landscape of Islamic societies for fourteen centuries. Decorations on…
“In our excavations and our historical investigations, I constantly have been reminded that we were…
In June 973 (Ramadan 362) the Fatimid Caliph-Imam al-Mu’izz transferred the seat of the Fatimid…
One of the World’s Leading Islamic Art Collections to Go On View at the Dallas…
A short video showing the 20-year gestation and creation of Al-Azhar park, a 30 hectare…
The Israel Antiquities Authority honors six divers who recovered Fatimid treasure off Caesarea coast
The Israel Authority hosted a ceremony at the Nabi Shu’ayb shrine in the Galilee on…
In the year 909, the Fatimid Imam al-Mahdi was proclaimed as caliph in present-day Tunisia,…
Prof. Marina Rustow of Johns Hopkins University is an expert on the Cario Geniza; her…
Ahmad b. Ibrahim al-Naysaburi an Ismaili da’i who flourished in the tenth century, was born…
The Fatimid period (909-1171) was the golden age of Ismaili thought and literature, when the…
It has now become clear that Barack Obama is under enormous pressure to intensify the…
Some updates and additional links from NYTimes, National Geographic and CNN, on previously posted story.…
“There is no doubt that the artists of Egypt under the Fatimids were skilled to…
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