Fatimid
[ fat-uh-mid ]
/ ˈfæt ə mɪd /
noun
any caliph of the North African dynasty, 909–1171, claiming descent from Fatima and Ali.
any descendant of Fatima and Ali.
Also
Fat·i·mite
[fat-uh-mahyt] /ˈfæt əˌmaɪt/.
Origin of Fatimid
First recorded in 1720–30
Example sentences from the Web for fatimid
The Muslim Brotherhood declared against Tahrir and set up its own protest, at the Azhar, the seat of Sunni Islam in Fatimid Cairo.
Ahdaf Soueif’s Cairo: Remembering A City Wracked By The Arab Spring |Ahdaf Soueif |January 26, 2014 |DAILY BEASTAfter these two great rulers the Fatimid caliphate subsisted for nearly two centuries by no virtue or energy of its own.
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British Dictionary definitions for fatimid
Fatimid
/ (ˈfætɪmɪd) /
noun
a member of the Muslim dynasty, descended from Fatima, daughter of Mohammed, and Ali, her husband, that ruled over North Africa and parts of Egypt and Syria (909–1171)
Also called: Fatimite (ˈfætɪˌmaɪt)
a descendant of Fatima and Ali