Geographic HistoryMap of the Fatimid Caliphate
On the Geographic History map, the Fatimid Caliphate appears from AD 910 to 1171. It reaches its largest mapped extent in 1003: about 2.2 million km² across 64 provinces.
The Fatimid Caliphate was an Ismaili Shia caliphate founded in North Africa in 909; it conquered Egypt in 969 and built Cairo as its new capital. At its height it ruled North Africa, Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz, and it founded al-Azhar, one of the oldest teaching institutions in the world still working. Saladin brought it to an end in 1171.
Mapped area over time
The Fatimid Caliphate on the world maps
Largest other states in 1003
| State | Mapped area |
|---|---|
| Song dynasty | 2.9 million km² |
| Liao | 2.3 million km² |
| Ghaznavid | 1.8 million km² |
| Cumans | 1.6 million km² |
| Kara-Khanid | 1.4 million km² |
| Naimans | 1.2 million km² |
| Kievan Rus | 1 million km² |
| Byzantine Empire | 970 thousand km² |
About this map
Territory comes from the Chronas historical dataset used by the Geographic History app. Areas are approximate, computed from about 2,400 province shapes, and describe this map rather than official historical figures - border data for the ancient and medieval world is necessarily a reconstruction.
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