How did the Fatimids conquer Egypt? ⚔️ A pivotal moment in Islamic History ⚔️ DOCUMENTARY
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🚩 The Fatimid Conquest of Egypt, a pivotal moment in Islamic history. It destroyed any semblance of central authority in the Muslim world, provoked the reaction of the Turks as defenders of orthodox (Sunni) Islam, impelled the Omayyads in Spain to declare their own Caliphate, launched the powerful Murabitun revolution in western Africa, denied the Muslims their last chance to conquer Europe. Moreover the Fatimid schism gave the Crusaders an opportunity to capture Jerusalem in 1099.
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🚩 The Fatimid Conquest of Egypt, a pivotal moment in Islamic history. It destroyed any semblance of central authority in the Muslim world, provoked the reaction of the Turks as defenders of orthodox (Sunni) Islam, impelled the Omayyads in Spain to declare their own Caliphate, launched the powerful Murabitun revolution in western Africa, denied the Muslims their last chance to conquer Europe. Moreover the Fatimid schism gave the Crusaders an opportunity to capture Jerusalem in 1099.
Descendants of the prophet sided with the Abbasids who were blessed with the knowledge that made the golden age of Islam. The Umayyads of Damascus sided with the Kuraish of Mecca and were not blessed. I feel like a traitor being a Sunni.
0:33 Please refer as Prophet Muhammad at least
Egypt was indeed the key to hold Middle East. Great work as always
Can you please do the west African Muslim caliphates too
What I find most interesting about this is the fact no one really bothers to ask how did Egypt become Fatimid. Even when we studied history at school in Egypt we usually skipped right to the part where Cairo was established and Al-Muizz resided there and made it the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate. If I had to guess it's probably because the Ikhshid period was full of turmoil and poor governance, historians during that time probably couldn't efficiently report on the subject or reach sources easily. I also love the fact that almost the entirety of the population was Sunni, and remained Sunni after the absolution of the Fatimid dynasty, but they were like yeah sure, why not! Makes you wonder how day-to-day life was during that time in Egypt, and we didn't even get to the Mamluk period yet!