Military Organization and Slave-Soldiers in the Fatimid Army (969–1171)

1. Kutama-led uprising establishes Fatimid rule in Ifriqiya

   Jan 1, 909Labels: Kutama Berbers, Abu Abd

   • Britannica
   • Fatimid Army
   • Kutama

2. ʿUbayd Allah al-Mahdi proclaimed first Fatimid caliph

   Aug 27, 909Labels: Ubayd Allah, Fatimid Caliphate

   • Al Mahdi
   • Fatimid Caliphate
   • Kutama

3. Al-Mahdiyya founded as fortified capital and naval base

   Jan 1, 921Labels: Al-Mahdiyya, Fatimid navy

   • Fatimid Caliphate
   • Al Mahdi

4. Fatimids shift capital to al-Mansuriyya near Kairouan

   Jan 1, 948Labels: Al-Mansuriyya, Kairouan

   • Fatimid Caliphate

5. Jawhar conquers Egypt and begins founding Cairo

   Jul 9, 969Labels: Jawhar al-Siqilli, Cairo foundation

   • Egypt Conquest
   • Ashmolean

6. Caliphal court relocates to Cairo; new garrison regime

   Jan 1, 973Labels: Cairo, Fatimid court

   • Ashmolean
   • Fatimid Caliphate

7. Al-Aziz expands recruitment of eastern Turkic slave-soldiers

   Jan 1, 978Labels: Al- Aziz, Turkic ghilm

   • Al Aziz
   • Fatimid Army

8. Factional fighting intensifies during the Mustansirite Hardship

   Jan 1, 1065Labels: Mustansirite Hardship, Turkish African

   • Hardship
   • Fatimid Army

9. Badr al-Jamali arrives with Armenian troops to restore order

   Jan 27, 1074Labels: Badr al-Jamali, Armenian troops

   • Badr Jamali

10. Al-Afdal succeeds Badr, continuing vizier-led military governance

    Jan 1, 1094Labels: Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Vizierate

    • Al Afdal
    • Badr Jamali

11. Fatimid field army defeated by Crusaders at Ascalon

    Aug 12, 1099Labels: Battle of, Al-Afdal

    • Ascalon Battle
    • Ascalon

12. Syrian commander Shirkuh becomes vizier and army commander

    Jan 18, 1169Labels: Shirkuh, Syrian forces

    • Shirkuh
    • Al Adid

13. Saladin appointed vizier, restructuring coercive power in Egypt

    Mar 26, 1169Labels: Saladin, Ayyubid regime

    • Al Adid
    • Ayyubids

14. Abbasid khutba proclaimed; Fatimid caliphate ends

    Sep 10, 1171Labels: Abbasid khutba, Fall of

    • Al Adid
    • Daoud