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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A Muslim dynasty that ruled North Africa and parts of Egypt (909–1171).

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  • noun A member of a Muslim dynasty in North Africa and Egypt (Approx CE 900-1200).

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Examples

  • Beirutis still kept pigeons on their roofs, an ancient practice the Arabs used during the Crusades to send messages from besieged cities and once, in the tenth century, to send fresh cherries from Lebanon to the Fatimid caliph in Egypt.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • It is a 13,000-square-meter structure designed by the Egyptian duo Rami El Dahan and Soheir Farid, who drew inspiration from Cairo's Fatimid mosques.

    Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: A Monument of Tolerance in the Heart of Dubai Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2010

  • It is a 13,000-square-meter structure designed by the Egyptian duo Rami El Dahan and Soheir Farid, who drew inspiration from Cairo's Fatimid mosques.

    Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: A Monument of Tolerance in the Heart of Dubai Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2010

  • It was destroyed in 1009 by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim, reconstructed by the Byzantines with Muslim agreement in 1048, taken by the knights of the First Crusade in 1099, lost again to Saladin in 1187, regained by Frederick II in the 13th century, subjected to a Khwarezmian interlude in 1244, and renovated by the Franciscans in 1555.

    The City With the Big Ego Paul Levy 2011

  • Beirutis still kept pigeons on their roofs, an ancient practice the Arabs used during the Crusades to send messages from besieged cities and once, in the tenth century, to send fresh cherries from Lebanon to the Fatimid caliph in Egypt.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • It is a 13,000-square-meter structure designed by the Egyptian duo Rami El Dahan and Soheir Farid, who drew inspiration from Cairo's Fatimid mosques.

    Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: A Monument of Tolerance in the Heart of Dubai Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2010

  • He meandered through the labyrinthine alleys and bazaars of the Hussein district, the medieval city, learning its Fatimid and Mamluk history and comparing their architecture.

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • He meandered through the labyrinthine alleys and bazaars of the Hussein district, the medieval city, learning its Fatimid and Mamluk history and comparing their architecture.

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • He meandered through the labyrinthine alleys and bazaars of the Hussein district, the medieval city, learning its Fatimid and Mamluk history and comparing their architecture.

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • It is a 13,000-square-meter structure designed by the Egyptian duo Rami El Dahan and Soheir Farid, who drew inspiration from Cairo's Fatimid mosques.

    Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: A Monument of Tolerance in the Heart of Dubai Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2010

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