Isma'ili Shia caliphate that rose in Ifriqiya and built Cairo as its imperial capital.
The Fatimid Caliphate was abolished by Saladin in September 1171 CE: the last caliph al-Adid died on 13 September 1171 and Saladin transferred allegiance to the Sunni Abbasid caliph, founding the Ayyubid Sultanate in its place.
A modern political history of the Fatimid caliphate and its rule of Egypt.
The Fatimid rise in Ifriqiya and the foundation of the caliphate.