A century before, this group who claimed the caliphate based on descent from a daughter of the Prophet, set up a caliphate in North Africa which rivaled that of the Abbasids.
A century before, this group who claimed the caliphate based on descent from a daughter of the Prophet, set up a caliphate in North Africa which rivaled that of the Abbasids. At its height, the dynasty controlled North Africa and Egypt, Palestine and Syria, parts of Arabia, as well as several areas in the Mediterranean
A century before, this group who claimed the caliphate based on descent from a daughter of the Prophet, set up a caliphate in North Africa which rivaled that of the Abbasids.
Fatimids