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Section of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology course on the Architecture of Cairo dealing with the Fatimid contribution.
web.mit.edu
The Art of the Fatimid Period (969-1171 A.D.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, presents an online exhibition of art and architecture from the Fatimids, whose opulence fuelled a renaissance in Cairo.
www.metmuseum.org
Building Styles of the Fatimids
A library of photographs of examples of buildings from the Fatimid period in Egypt and Libya.
archnet.org
Brief article on Encyclopedia.com covers the history and surviving influences of the Fatimids.
www.encyclopedia.com
Fatimid and Mamluk Architecture of Cairo
An illustrated guide to some masterpieces of Islamic architecture in Cairo.
www.nmhschool.org
An account of Egypt in the Fatimid Period, focussing on the development of Cairo (Al Kahira). Includes a list of rulers.
www.touregypt.net
Profiles of Fatimid caliphs, from the Islamic Dictionary.
dictionary.al-islam.com
An account from Encyclopedia of the Orient of the rise of the Shia Fatimids, and their struggle to replace the Sunni Abbasid Caliphate, until they were replaced by the Ayyubids.
i-cias.com
An account of the dynasty, focussing on the time of their rule in Egypt.
www.nmhschool.org
State and Society in Fatimid Egypt
Chapter 4 of a book by Yacov Lev about social aspects of Fatimid rule in Egypt. From the Internet Islamic History Sourcebook.
www.fordham.edu