Solemn Departure of Fatimid Caliphs

Gala vyezd fatymidskih halifov. Russian annotated translation of the Arabic description of the Egyptian chronicler al-Maqrizi (1364-1442) court ceremonial in the Fatimid state. The state of the Fatimids (910-1171) - a medieval Shiite (Ismaili) Arab state with its center in Cairo (with 972). In the era of its power Fatimid Caliphate included the territory of Egypt, Maghreb, Palestine and Syria. It broke away from the Abbasid Caliphate in the uprising in the province of Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) Berber tribes, led by the Ismaili preacher Abu Abdallah. Abu Abdallah gave all power Ubeydallahu, who claimed to be a descendant of Fatima. Deposed by Saladin - the Kurdish military leader, called for the organization of defense against the Crusaders in 1169. A rare pre-revolutionary research on the history of Islamic Egypt.