What is Fatimid Caliphate?
{{Infobox Former Country | native_name = الدولة الفاطمية | conventional_long_name = Fatimid Islamic Caliphate | common_name = Fatimid Caliphate | continent = [[Africa]], [[Asia]] | region = North Africa | government_type = [[Monarchy]]| | event_start = | year_start = 909 | date_start = 5 January | event_end = | year_end = 1171 | date_end = | event1 = Foundation of Cairo | date_event1 = August 8, 969| | p1 = Abbasid dynasty | flag_p1 = Flag_of_Afghanistan_pre-1901.svg | s1 = Ayyubid dynasty | flag_s1 = Flag of Ayyubid Dynasty.svg | s2 = Almohad dynasty | flag_s2 = Flag of Almohad Dynasty.svg| | image_map = Fatimid.jpg | image_map_caption = Chronological map of the Fatimid Caliphate | capital = [[Mahdia]] (909-969) <br />[[Cairo]] (969-1171)| | religion = [[Ismaili|Ismaili Shi'a Islam]] | currency = [[Dinar]] | leader1 = Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah | year_leader1 = 909-934 (first) | leader2 = Al-'Āḍid | year_leader2 = 1160-1171 (last) | title_leader = Caliph | stat_year1 = | stat_area1 = 5100000 | stat_pop1 = 62000000 | image_flag = Ismaili flag.svg }} The '''Fatimid Caliphate''' was ruled by the '''al-Fātimiyyūn''' ({{lang-ar|الفاطميون}}) dynasty from 5 January 909 to 1171. It was an [[Arab]] [[Shi'a]] dynasty It ruled the fourth and final [[Arab]] [[caliphate]]. In different times different areas of the [[Maghreb]], [[Egypt]], and the [[Levant]] belonged to the caliphate. The Egyptian city of [[Cairo]] was made the capital. The term ''Fatimite'' is sometimes used to refer to the citizens of this caliphate