Saladin Takes Over the Fatimid Treasury (1171)

Name: Saladin Takes Over the Fatimid Treasury (1171)
Start: 1171

Type Event Region Egypt Time 1171

As the Fatimid dynasty ended in 1171, Saladin took over the vast treasury accumulated by the Fatimid court in Cairo over nearly two centuries, includ…

Timeline

1171Cairo · EgyptAfter deposing the last caliph al-Adid, Saladin immediately took over the Fatimid court's administrative apparatus and storage facilities, seizing control of the state's fiscal center.
1171–1172Cairo · EgyptAyyubid administrative officials inventoried the Fatimid gold, silver, treasures, land registers, and tax records, transferring the assets into the Ayyubid military-fiscal system, part of which was used to reward the army and prepare for eastern campaigns.

Sources

The Fatimids and Their Traditions of Learning — Heinz Halm (1997)
Saladin in Egypt — Malcolm Cameron Lyons and D. E. P. Jackson (1982)