Three towering marble slabs loom over a broad gallery space in the Aga Khan Museum, their rough hides heavy with the weight of downfall. There is urgency etched into the stone: Made to adorn the royal ...

At its height, the Fatimid Caliphate stretched across the southern Mediterranean, from eastern Morocco to southern Turkey. From their base in Syria in 909, the Fatimids’ Ismaili leaders marched across ...

Bowl, Probably Cairo, Egypt; 1050–1100, Fritware, lustre-painted on opaque white glaze Copyright © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Bowl, Egypt, ca. 1000 ...

Egypt’s mediaeval Fatimid rulers are the subject of a new book providing a comprehensive portrait of the dynasty, writes David Tresilian Despite having ruled Egypt almost exactly a thousand years ago, ...

The Islamic era was an era of modernity, often under-apprecited by the world. While Middle Eastern countries might have experienced a glimpse of its greatness, western countries often confuse it with ...

The first major international show on the Fatimid dynasty of Cairo in two decades, and the first of its kind in North America, has opened at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto (AKM). The World of the ...

A collection of Fatimid artefacts from Cairo arrived in Toronto on Tuesday for inclusion in a temporary exhibition at the city's Aga Khan Museum. The exhibition, titled The World of the Fatimids, will ...

In early Islamic history the Fatimids (909-1171) created the first alternative Muslim empire to fully challenge the orthodox Sunni Caliphate, which had become the faith’s mainstream, its Vatican ...

The World of the Fatimids sheds light on one of history’s most intriguing and vibrant civilizations, which at its height in the 10th and 11th centuries influenced thought and life throughout the ...

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