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- noun Plural form of
Fatimite .
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Large tracts of Syria and the whole of Palestine acknowledged the {240} supremacy of his descendants, commonly known as Fatimites, from their supposed relationship to Ali, and to Fatima, the Prophet's daughter.
History of the Moors of Spain M. Florian
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The rivals were known as the Fatimites and the Abassides.
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The revolution which transferred the sceptre from the Abbassides to the Fatimites was a benefit, rather than an injury, to the Holy Land.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765
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The revolution which transferred the sceptre from the Abbassides to the Fatimites was a benefit, rather than an injury, to the Holy Land.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765
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The revolution which transferred the sceptre from the Abbassides to the Fatimites was a benefit, rather than an injury, to the Holy
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Fatimites, who escaped from the power of the Califs, took refuge in the interior of Africa, where they formed various states.
The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008
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Next in date to the Taylun Mosque is that of the Sultan al-Hakim, third Caliph of the Fatimites, and founder of the Druze mysteries.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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[52] The royal library of the Fatimites consisted of 100,000 manuscripts, elegantly transcribed and splendidly bound, which were lent, without avarice or jealousy, to the students of Cairo.
The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams
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Conferences were held, discussions ensued, a Congress of the Caliphate was convened in the Egyptian capital, the City of the Fatimites, only to result in the widely advertised and public confession of its failure: “They have agreed to disagree!”
The Promised Day Is Come 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927
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But, although as reigning powers the Assassins and Fatimites ceased to exist, the sects from which they derived have continued up to the present day; still every year at the celebration of the Moharram the
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918
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