Fatimid Caliphate

The Fatimid Caliphate (Arabic: الفاطميون‎, al-Fāṭimīyūn) wis a Shia Islamic caliphate, which spanned a muckle aurie o North Africae, frae the Reid Sea in the east tae the Atlantic Ocean in the wast.

Fatimid Islamic Caliphate الدولة الفاطمية ad-Dawlat al-Fāṭimiyya
909–1171
Fatimid green banner.[1]
Caipital	Raqqada (909–921) Mahdia (921–948) al-Mansuriya (948–973) Cairo (973–1171)
Common leids	Arabic (offeecial), Berber
Releegion	Ismaili Shia Islam
Govrenment	Caliphate
Caliph
• 909–934 (first)	al-Mahdi Billah
• 1160–1171 (last)	al-'Āḍid
Historical era	Early Middle Ages
• Established	Januar 5 909
• Foondation o Cairo	August 8, 969
• Disestablished	1171
Aurie
969[2]	4,100,000 km2 (1,600,000 sq mi)
Population
•	6,200,000
Currency	Dinar
Precedit bi Succeedit bi Abbasid Caliphate Aghlabid Emirate Ikhshidid Wilayah Emirate o Tahert Ayyubid Sultanate Outremer Emirate o Sicily Zirid Emirate Hammadid Emirate
The day pairt o	Countries today  Algerie  Egyp  Israel  Italy  Lebanon  Libie  Maltae  Palestinian National Authority  Saudi Arabie  Tunisie  Jordan  Sirie