“Fatimid Caliphate” — appears in this map’s data from AD 911 to 1176. Its territory was largest in AD 980 – 989, at ≈ 1.95 million km².
| Period | Area |
|---|---|
| AD 911 – 921 | ≈ 389 thousand km² |
| AD 922 – 925 | ≈ 583 thousand km² |
| AD 926 – 935 | ≈ 389 thousand km² |
| AD 936 – 946 | ≈ 583 thousand km² |
| AD 947 – 959 | ≈ 389 thousand km² |
| AD 960 – 969 | ≈ 518 thousand km² |
| AD 970 – 979 | ≈ 1.95 million km² |
| AD 980 – 989 | ≈ 1.95 million km² |
| AD 990 – 1014 | ≈ 1.95 million km² |
| AD 1015 – 1017 | ≈ 1.95 million km² |
| AD 1018 – 1027 | ≈ 1.78 million km² |
| AD 1028 – 1055 | ≈ 1.47 million km² |
| AD 1056 – 1065 | ≈ 1.36 million km² |
| AD 1066 – 1071 | ≈ 1.25 million km² |
| AD 1072 – 1098 | ≈ 1.23 million km² |
| AD 1099 – 1110 | ≈ 806 thousand km² |
| AD 1111 – 1151 | ≈ 801 thousand km² |
| AD 1152 – 1168 | ≈ 792 thousand km² |
| AD 1169 – 1176 | ≈ 65 thousand km² |
Outline of the territory in AD 980 – 989 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.
For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.
| Frame | Area | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| AD 911 | ≈ 389 thousand km² | 22 of 123 |
| AD 922 | ≈ 583 thousand km² | 12 of 117 |
| AD 926 | ≈ 389 thousand km² | 22 of 112 |
| AD 936 | ≈ 583 thousand km² | 13 of 116 |
| AD 947 | ≈ 389 thousand km² | 23 of 117 |
| AD 960 | ≈ 518 thousand km² | 17 of 118 |
| AD 961 | ≈ 518 thousand km² | 17 of 119 |
| AD 962 | ≈ 518 thousand km² | 17 of 120 |
| AD 970 | ≈ 1.95 million km² | 2 of 115 |
| AD 980 | ≈ 1.95 million km² | 2 of 111 |
| AD 990 | ≈ 1.95 million km² | 2 of 126 |
| AD 1000 | ≈ 1.95 million km² | 3 of 126 |
| AD 1003 | ≈ 1.95 million km² | 3 of 125 |
| AD 1010 | ≈ 1.95 million km² | 3 of 130 |
| AD 1015 | ≈ 1.95 million km² | 3 of 141 |
| AD 1018 | ≈ 1.78 million km² | 5 of 138 |
| AD 1028 | ≈ 1.47 million km² | 5 of 130 |
| AD 1034 | ≈ 1.47 million km² | 5 of 129 |
| AD 1040 | ≈ 1.47 million km² | 5 of 136 |
| AD 1046 | ≈ 1.47 million km² | 5 of 136 |
| AD 1056 | ≈ 1.36 million km² | 7 of 146 |
| AD 1066 | ≈ 1.25 million km² | 7 of 138 |
| AD 1072 | ≈ 1.23 million km² | 8 of 138 |
| AD 1085 | ≈ 1.23 million km² | 8 of 137 |
| AD 1094 | ≈ 1.23 million km² | 8 of 135 |
| AD 1099 | ≈ 806 thousand km² | 11 of 139 |
| AD 1111 | ≈ 801 thousand km² | 11 of 140 |
| AD 1126 | ≈ 801 thousand km² | 11 of 138 |
| AD 1139 | ≈ 801 thousand km² | 10 of 140 |
| AD 1147 | ≈ 801 thousand km² | 10 of 148 |
| AD 1152 | ≈ 792 thousand km² | 10 of 140 |
| AD 1169 | ≈ 65 thousand km² | 75 of 137 |
Its highest rank was in AD 980: number 111 of 2.
In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).
Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 7 by area.
| Frame | Other country | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 970 | gained | Abbasid Caliphate | ≈ 1.44 million km² |
| AD 1169 | lost | Zengid dynasty | ≈ 717 thousand km² |
| AD 1028 | lost | Hamdanid dynasty | ≈ 310 thousand km² |
| AD 922 | gained | Idrisid dynasty | ≈ 194 thousand km² |
| AD 936 | gained | Idrisid dynasty | ≈ 194 thousand km² |
| AD 960 | gained | Abbasid Caliphate | ≈ 150 thousand km² |
| AD 1072 | lost | Seljuk Empire | ≈ 25 thousand km² |
Preceded by: Abbasid Caliphate · Aghlabids · Rustamid dynasty · Idrisid dynasty · Ikhshidid dynasty
Succeeded by: Ayyubid Sultanate · Zirid Dynasty · Zengid dynasty · Muslim Sicily · Kingdom of Jerusalem
Source: Wikidata (CC0)
The Fatimid Caliphate (; Arabic: الخلافة الفاطمیّة, romanised: al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya), also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate that existed from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty.
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