The World of the Fatimids also marks the first major exhibition on the Fatimid dynasty to go on view in North America. Hints of the Fatimids’ downfall lurk in various corners of the gallery.

The Fatimids created the first alternative Muslim empire to fully challenge the orthodox Sunni Caliphate and ran a highly civilized, assiduously cultured and tolerant outfit.

A landmark exhibition exploring the World of the Fatimids opened Saturday at the Aga Khan Museum. Curated by renowned cultural historian Dr. Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani, the exhibition is ...

Although the Fatimids seem to have supported all manner of arts and architecture, virtually everything but their mosques were destroyed, victims of a more familiar manner of regime change.

The Fatimids followed the Ismaili creed, one of the branches of Shi’a Islam, and His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th hereditary Imam of Shia Ismaili Muslims, traces his lineage through the dynasty.

The Fatimids Dynasty built one of the world’s oldest universities, defined luxury fashion for a millennium, compiled one of the greatest libraries, and fostered the development of arts and sciences.

The exhibition, titled The World of the Fatimids, will run from 10 March to 2 July, providing North America with its first display of carefully selected Fatimid artworks, according to the museum.

This survey in 14 essays of Fatimid art between the 10th and 12th centuries showcases the pottery, rock crystal, metalwork, textile, architectural, wood, and calligraphic creations of one of the most ...

As Greif tells it, the Fatimids had a weak bureaucracy that saved itself administrative trouble by relying on community associations.

70 70 people viewed this event. The World of the Fatimids sheds light on one of historys most intriguing and vibrant civilizations, which at its height in the 10th and 11th centuries influenced ...