Fatimid
ARAB-SHIA ISLAMIC CALIPHATE (909–1171)
Fatimid caliphate; Fatimid Empire; Fatimite; Fatamid; Fatimid Egypt; Fatimide; Fatimid; Fatimid Islamic Caliphate; Fātimid; Fatimid empire; Fatimate; Fāṭimid; The Fatimid Caliphate; Fatimid Syria; Fatimid army; Fatimids; Fatimid period
['fat?m?d]
¦ noun a member of a dynasty which ruled in parts of northern Africa, Egypt, and Syria from 909 to 1171.
Derivatives
Fatimite noun
Origin
named after Fatima, youngest daughter of Muhammad, from whom the dynasty is said to have descended.