Fatimid Cairo

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historic city medieval capital urban settlement

Fatimid Cairo was the medieval capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt, serving as a major political, religious, and cultural center of the Ismaili Shia Muslim world.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Fatimid Cairo canonical	1
Fatimid city walls	1
Fatimid court	1
al-Qāhira al-Muʿizziyya	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic city ⓘ medieval capital ⓘ urban settlement ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Fatimid art ⓘ surface form: Fatimid architecture
associatedWithCaliph	al-Mustanṣir bi-llāh ⓘ al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh ⓘ al-ʿAzīz Billāh ⓘ surface form: al-ʿAzīz bi-llāh al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ⓘ surface form: al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh
associatedWithDynasty	Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Fatimid dynasty
capitalOf	Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ Ismaili Shia ⓘ surface form: Ismaili Shia Muslim world
connectedTo	Fustat ⓘ Qataʾiʿ of Ibn Tulun ⓘ
country	Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
culturalRole	center of Ismaili missionary activity ⓘ major intellectual center of the Islamic world ⓘ
declinePeriod	12th century ⓘ
economicRole	major hub of Mediterranean trade ⓘ terminus of Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade routes ⓘ
foundedBy	al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh ⓘ surface form: Fatimid Caliph al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh Jawhar al-Siqilli ⓘ
foundedFor	Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
foundingDate	4th century AH ⓘ 969 ⓘ
function	ceremonial capital ⓘ royal enclosure city ⓘ
hasPart	Bab Zuweila ⓘ Bab al-Futuh ⓘ Bab al-Nasr ⓘ Bayn al-Qasrayn ⓘ Fatimid Cairo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fatimid city walls Great Eastern Palace ⓘ Lesser Western Palace ⓘ administrative quarter ⓘ Al-Azhar Mosque ⓘ surface form: al-Azhar Mosque Al-Hakim Mosque ⓘ surface form: al-Hakim Mosque army barracks ⓘ main ceremonial avenue (later al-Muʿizz Street) ⓘ markets ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ royal gardens ⓘ
heritageStatus	core area of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Cairo ⓘ
influenced	Islamic architecture in Egypt ⓘ later Mamluk urbanism in Cairo ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ North Africa ⓘ
locatedOn	east bank of the Nile ⓘ
namedAfter	al-Qāhir (Mars) ⓘ
notableInstitution	House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo ⓘ surface form: Dar al-ʿIlm (House of Knowledge) Al-Azhar Mosque ⓘ surface form: al-Azhar Mosque
originalName	Cairo ⓘ surface form: al-Qāhira Fatimid Cairo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: al-Qāhira al-Muʿizziyya
partOf	Cairo ⓘ
peakPeriod	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ
politicalRole	administrative center of the Fatimid state ⓘ seat of the Fatimid caliph-imam ⓘ
religion	Ismaili Shia ⓘ surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam
religiousRole	center of Ismaili jurisprudence ⓘ site of major Shiʿi rituals and processions ⓘ
successor	Cairo Citadel ⓘ surface form: Ayyubid Cairo Mamluk Cairo ⓘ
todayPartOf	historic Cairo ⓘ surface form: Historic Cairo
urbanForm	planned city ⓘ walled city ⓘ
urbanIntegration	eventually merged with Fustat to form greater Cairo agglomeration ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ismaili Shia → associatedWith → Fatimid Cairo ⓘ

al-Sayyida al-Aziziyya → associatedWith → Fatimid Cairo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fatimid court

Fatimid Cairo → originalName → Fatimid Cairo self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Qāhira al-Muʿizziyya

Fatimid Cairo → hasPart → Fatimid Cairo self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fatimid city walls