Patronage of Learning: Scholars, Libraries, and al-Azhar's Curriculum (969–1171)

1. Fatimid conquest of Egypt and founding of Cairo

   Jan 1, 969Labels: Fatimid Caliphate, Cairo

   • Britannica
   • Fatimid Caliphate

2. Construction of al-Azhar Mosque begins

   Apr 4, 970Labels: al-Azhar Mosque, Jawhar al-Siqilli

   • Al Azhar Mosque
   • EgyptToday

3. Al-Azhar Mosque completed and first Friday prayer held

   Jun 22, 972Labels: al-Azhar Mosque, Friday Prayer

   • Al Azhar Mosque
   • EgyptToday

4. Fatimid court transfers to Cairo

   Jun 1, 973Labels: Fatimid Caliphate, Cairo

   • Britannica
   • Fatimid Caliphate

5. Al-Azhar becomes staffed teaching center

   Jan 1, 989Labels: al-Azhar Mosque, Scholars

   • Fatimid architecture
   • Al Azhar Brown

6. Caliph al-Hakim establishes Dar al-Ilm in Cairo

   Mar 1, 1005Labels: D r, al-Hakim

   • Al Hakim
   • IslamiCity

7. Al-Hakim endows al-Azhar through waqf

   Jan 1, 1009Labels: al-Hakim, al-Azhar Mosque

   • Fatimid architecture
   • Al Azhar Mosque

8. Al-Hakim completes Mosque of al-Hakim as Friday mosque

   Jan 1, 1013Labels: Mosque of, Cairo

   • Al Hakim

9. Al-Mu’ayyad al-Shirazi begins high-profile teaching role

   Feb 18, 1048Labels: al-Mu'ayyad al-Shirazi, Isma'ili Scholarship

   • Ismailimail
   • Al Mustansir

10. Cairo palace library scattered amid military crisis

    Jan 1, 1068Labels: Cairo Palace, al-Mustansir

    • Al Mustansir
    • UCL Digital Egypt

11. Al-Mu’ayyad al-Shirazi dies; buried at Dar al-Ilm

    Jan 1, 1078Labels: al-Mu'ayyad al-Shirazi, D r

    • Ismailimail

12. Saladin ends public Isma'ili lecture sessions

    Feb 1, 1171Labels: Saladin, Isma'ili Lectures

    • Al Adid
    • Al Azhar Mosque

13. Abbasid caliph named in Cairo Friday sermon

    Sep 10, 1171Labels: Friday Khutba, Abbasid Caliph

    • Al Adid
    • Pro Fatimid conspiracy

14. Death of al-Adid seals end of Fatimid caliphate

    Sep 13, 1171Labels: al- id, Fatimid Caliphate

    • Al Adid
    • Fatimid Caliphate