#Fatimid

[illustratus]

Imperial Byzantine Kataphraktoi crushing Fatimids, 995.

by Giuseppe Rava

[vulturesouls]

Fragment of a dish, made in Egypt or Syria, 12th century (Fatimid dynasty). British Museum

[bijoumikhawal]

Fatimid Egyptian gold earrings in the shape of lions and birds; similar earrings were produced in Fatimid Syria.

[emaadsidiki]

The Moonlit Mosque ✨🌕🌟💫🌑

[shamsshamousa]

A painting inspired by a Fatimid pot

[yiddishlore]

The Cairo Geniza illuminates many fascinating aspects of Jewish life under Islamic rule, but one that I find especially interesting is how some Jews used Islamic courts! Under Dhimmi laws, Jews were second-class citizens but retained the ability to have their own courts, known in Hebrew as a “Beit Din.”

To pressure Jewish courts to rule in their favor, many people threatened to turn to the ruling Islamic court for help if they lost their case (Oded Zinger argues that this was a particularly useful strategy for women, who were usually disadvantaged in local Jewish courts)

In some cases, they followed through on this threat. For example, TS 12.16 includes an 11th-century letter from the Jewish community of Rafah (now part of the Gaza Strip) complaining about a member going to an Islamic court after losing an inheritance dispute.

[artifacts-archive]

Oliphant

Italy, Fatimid dynasty, 11-12th century

About 30 specimens of these carved ivory horns have survived, though exclusively in collections located outside the Islamic world. The horns are believed to have been made for European patrons, but are attributed to Fatimid craftsmen working in the artistic centres of the Norman kingdom of southern Italy and Sicily. The horns also show close parallels in style and iconography to the ivory caskets made in Sicily and southern Italy during the same period. The ivory used for these objects was most probably imported from North Africa. The term oliphant occurs for the first time in the French poem of 'Chanson de Roland' (probably written 1075–1100). The poem describes the horn that Roland, commander of the Frankish king, used when he called Charlemagne (747–814) to come to Roncesvalles to help him against the advancing Muslims. Above all, ivory horns were symbols of honour and were used by dignitaries as signal horns. Ivory horns decorated with representations of animals were possibly used for hunting, though it is not known in what way.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Rock Crystal Jug

One of the seven 'Historical Rock Crystal Jug' in the world.

It was manufactured in 909 CE during the Fatimid Period in Egypt.

These rock crystal ewers are carved from a single block of rock crystal, without breaking raw rock crystal.

📍: Museum of Islamic Arts, Cairo

[charlesreeza]

The east end of Palermo Cathedral is an example of Arab-Norman architecture decorated with motifs typical of Fatimid textile art. Photo by Charles Reeza.

[sheltiechicago]

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Al-Sahaba Mosque: Unique Mixture of Ottoman, Fatimid, and Mamluk Architectures

Designed by the Egyptian architect Fouad Tawfik Hafez, the Al-Sahaba Mosque is a stone structure in three different styles that are Ottoman, Fatimid, and Mamluk. The mosque consists of two floors, the first reserved for men and the second for women. There is also a library on the second floor. It is located in a small town called Sharm El Sheikh, bordering the Red Sea which creates a lovely view.

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[arablit]

Reem Bassiouney Wins 2024 Sheikh Zayed Book Award for her 'Fatimid Trilogy'

APRIL 4, 2024 — Organizers of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced their 2024 winners today. The list was led by the high-profile literature category, which went to Reem Bassiouney’s fast-paced, fights-and-romance-filled historical novel, Al Halwani: The Fatimid Trilogy. The sweeping historical three-parter travels back in time to medieval Egypt. Organizers write, in a prepared statement, that…

[hahahakeemu]

Bismillah. I hope to put the writings on some other sites as well at some point, but it was easiest to copy and paste on this, so here we go. Forgive any errors, mistakes, etc. Enjoy.

P.S. the endnotes have translations or explanations where I thought they’d be necessary.

[bijoumikhawal]

Fatimid Egyptian gold and enamel pendants. How exactly these pendants were used isn't necessarily clear looking at them: a Syrian example survives of another heart shaped pendants still attached to a pin with small gold dangling ornaments. The blue and green pendant on the middle second row was likely an earring. Some may also have been part of necklaces. On the other side these usually feature another fully filigree pattern.

[gdjica]

A chalice that was renewed in the 17th century using crystal from the Fatimid dynasty (10th-11th century). Collection of Louis XIV. Louvre, Musée du Louvre

[tlaquetzqui]

The slave galleys in Ben Hur are an anachronism. Romans, like most Indo-Europeans, did not use slave rowers, because ships were military and war defines the Indo-European freeman. If they needed slaves to row a warship, they freed them beforehand, rather than have to disgrace themselves by forcing slaves to fight.

No, it was Islam that introduced slave galleys to the Mediterranean—Islam that has a history nearly defined by slave soldiers, from Mamluks to Janissaries to ISIS making brainwashed Yazidi children into suicide bombers.