The structure takes inspiration from two Islamic architectural styles – Fatimid and Egyptian Mamluk. Some of the characterisations of Fatimid architecture, a movement developed in the Fatimid ...

The Fatimid rulers fell along with Cairo in 1171, to what would become Saladin’s Ayyubid sultanate. Although the Fatimids seem to have supported all manner of arts and architecture, ...

Landmark Exhibition Takes You Inside the Exuberant, Diverse World of the Fatimid Dynasty Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum brings together 87 pieces from collections across the globe ...

The Fatimid caliphs : rise and fall / Farhad Daftary -- The Fatimid dream of a new Cairo : ... Decorative arts, Fatimid Architecture, Fatimid Islamic art Islamic antiquities. siris_sil_1101017 SIL ...

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Al Aqmar mosque, located on al-Muizz Street and commissioned by the Fatimid Caliph al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah in 519 AH/ 1125 AD, ... The mosque is an important monument of Fatimid architecture and of ...

The Al-Hakim Mosque is a significant example of Fatimid architecture and history in Cairo. The rectangular mosque covers an area of 13,560-metre square out of which 5000 square metres is the large ...

49,383 sqm Sayyida Khadija Mosque blends Fatimid architecture with modern elements The Sayyida Khadija Mosque can accommodate 1,400 men in the main prayer hall, 1,325 worshippers in the outer ...

Minarets of Dubai mosques will not be redecorated in a contemporary version of the traditional Fatimid architecture despite reports in a section of the media yesterday. The reports claimed that ...

The Minaret (Edinburg University Press, 2013); Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt (Yale University Press, 2007).; Paper Before Print: The ...