Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi
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Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Fatak, better known as al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi, was a senior official of the Fatimid Caliphate in the early 12th century, during the reign of al-Amir.
Gold dinar of al-Amir, minted in Cairo in AH 514 (1119/20 CE)
Façade of the Aqmar Mosque, Cairo
The siege of Tyre by the Crusaders, from a 13th-century French manuscript
Fatimid Caliphate
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The Fatimid Caliphate, also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate that existed from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty. Spanning a l
Fatimid ewer, 10th century CE
Fragments of mosaic pavement from the palace of al-Qa'im in al-Mahdiyya (Mahdia), on display at the Mahdia Museum
Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, built by the Fatimids between 970 and 972
Architectural fragment from a bathhouse in al-Fustat, 11th century CE (pre-1168 CE). Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, 12880.