Polity · 911 CE – 1176 CE
Fatimid Caliphate
الدولة الفاطمية
- Peak recorded area
- 1,945,910 km²
- 980 CE
- Rulers on record
- 14
- from 909 CE
- Data series
- 20
- 939 CE–1104 CE
Overview
The Fatimid Caliphate, also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate that existed from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty. Spanning a large area of North Africa and West Asia, it ranged from the western Mediterranean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. The Fatimids traced their ancestry to the Islamic prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatima and her husband Ali, the first Shi'a imam.
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Territory
19 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1176 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Polity Population2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 6.6score1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Population2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 4Mpersons1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop | 120Kpersons970 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 1.41score1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 0.8333score1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Sophistication2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 1score1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Battle Count | 1battles1104 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Battle Losses | 1battles lost1104 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Military Levels | 8levels970 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Polity Territory2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 5.8score1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Territory km²2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 631Ksq km1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels2 obs · 939 CE–1071 CE | 6levels1071 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 5.5levels970 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 0.9score1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 6.67score1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 1score1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 0.9417score1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 5.08score1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels2 obs · 1000 CE–1100 CE | 5.5score1100 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Rulers
14 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Abdullah al-Mahdi BillahFatimid Caliph909 CE – 934 CE
- Al-Qa'im Bi-AmrillahFatimid Caliph934 CE – 946 CE
- Al-Mansur BillahFatimid Caliph946 CE – 953 CE
- Al-Mu'izz li-Din AllahFatimid Caliph953 CE – 975 CE
- Al-Aziz BillahFatimid Caliph975 CE – 996 CE
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr AllahFatimid Caliph996 CE – 1021 CE
- Ali az-ZahirFatimid Caliph1021 CE – 1036 CE
- Al-MustansirFatimid Caliph1036 CE – 1095 CE
- Al-Musta'liFatimid Caliph1094 CE – 1101 CE
- Al-Amir bi-Ahkam AllahFatimid Caliph1101 CE – 1130 CE
- Al-HafizFatimid Caliph1132 CE – 1149 CE
- Al-ZafirFatimid Caliph1149 CE – 1154 CE
- Al-FaizFatimid Caliph1154 CE – 1160 CE
- Al-AdidFatimid Caliph1160 CE – 1171 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- dinar, Dirham
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3)v3
Brecke, P. Conflict Catalog (Historical Conflict Events Dataset), digitized v3.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Fatimid Caliphate is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.