Decline of the Fatimid Dynasty

Name: Decline of the Fatimid Dynasty
Start: 1080
End: 1089

Type Event Region Africa Time 1080–1089

In the 1080s, the Fatimid Caliphate's rule in Egypt and Syria continued to erode.…

Timeline

1080–1085Cairo · Nile DeltaThe Fatimid court was financially strained, its remote control over the Syrian coast and Palestine declined, and local governors and military commanders gained autonomy, putting the dynasty overall on a downward trajectory.
1086–1089Cairo · Nile DeltaStrife between the vizier faction and court factions intensified, the caliph's real power was further hollowed out, and the army and tax system could no longer sustain external defense; the dynasty's decline became ever more apparent in the later 1080s.

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Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: Fāṭimids — Brill https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/