In this presentation following points are included• Fatmid Caliphs• Educational Accomplishments• Rise and fall of Fatmid Caliph •Role of Ibnul Haitham

Imam of Fatmid Dynasty

•Imam Al Mahdi

• Imam Qayam

• Iamm mansoor

•Imam Moiz

•Imam Al Aziz

•ImamHakinm

• Imam Zahir

•Imam Mustansirbillah

Imam Qaima and

Mansoor

The next two Imams, Imam al-Qaim and

Imam al-Mansur, they ruled over considerable

parts of North Africa and Sicily, and launched

two unsuccessful expeditions against Egypt.

Imam Al Moiz

Under Imam al-Muizz (953-975 CE),

the Fatimids reached the height of

their glory and universal triumph of

Ismailis appeared not far distant.

Imam

Mustansirbillah

The reign of the 8th Fatimid Caliph al-

Mustansir billah (1035-1094 CE) is noted

for the longest Caliphate in Muslim

history and it is full of very significant

events.

The Golden Period

•Encouraged learning and wisdom

• A wide range of Subject taught in Darulilm

• Caliph encourage people to live in a piece

• Merchants found in Cairo for trading

Kurdish general whose uncle was last senior minister of Fatimid caliphs.

• drove crusaders from Jerusalem and most of Palestine, justifying his rule with a military

jihad

• returned Egypt to Sunni orthdoxy and renewed bond with Abbasid caliphate in

Baghdad

• introduced madrasa, part of the Sunni religious revival

• after his death, the empire was split into loosely linked empire controlled by members

of his family

• continued trade with Europe and East; many Egyptian items in demand, such as alum

• Egypt became center of Arab scholarship

Salah ad Din ibn Ayyub (Saladin)

Seljuk Turks & Crusades

Fatimid dynasty became center of Islamic

civilization = important because it was located on

Nile river = Cairo

Created a strong army by non-native soldiers =

Seljuk Turks

Seljuk Turks = nomadic people from central Asia,

converted to Islam

Took over much of Abbasid empire & captured

Baghdad; held political and military power

Turks took over Anatolian plateau, Byzantine

empire turned west for help

AL- AHZAR-UNIVERSTY

• Founded by Imam Al Moiz

• Extended by Imam Aziz and Hakim

• Chief centre of Islamic and Arabic learning in the world of Cairo, Egypt. It was founded by the Fāṭimids in 970 CE and was formally organized by 988.

• Its name may allude toFāṭimah, the Prophet’s daughter, known as “al-Zahrāʾ”.

Fall of Fatmid Dynasty

Imam Nizar was arrested, brought to Cairo and

imprisoned till his death. There were four more Fatimid

Caliphs from the line of al-Mustali ruling in Cairo but

could not be considered more than a local Egyptian

dynasty without power or influence. The Ismaili dream of

a Universal Caliphate was thus lost.

Ibnul Haytham

Born circa 965, in Basra, Iraq, he lived

mainly in Cairo, Egypt, dying there at age

76. Over-confident about practical

application of his mathematical

knowledge, he assumed that he could

regulate the floods of the Nile.

Books written

•Tibne alfuqra

•Wa al Musakin

are based on Human body