So I heard we’re posting super bowls. Here’s a Fatimid lusterware bunny. Islamic lusterwares originate in Iraq to emulate the sheen of Chinese porcelain, but the combo with highly animated-looking Fatimid animal motifs is my favorite. He even has a little snack.
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Bowl Depicting a Running Hare - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bowl with Eagle (63.178.1) and Bowl with Hare (64.261)The tenth and eleventh centuries under the Fatimid caliphate were times of prosperity in Egypt and the neighboring lands, when a burgeoning class ...
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February 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
So I heard we’re posting super bowls. Here’s a Fatimid lusterware bunny. Islamic lusterwares originate in Iraq to emulate the sheen of Chinese porcelain, but the combo with highly animated-looking Fatimid animal motifs is my favorite. He even has a little snack.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Meanwhile, there was this group of Shia Muslims over in the Levant and Iran called Ismailis. Ismailis are a weird and quirky sect based mostly on social justice and being nerds, and we were doing well for a while—we ruled the Fatimid Empire, it was cool—and then the Mongols decided to kill us all.
July 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Meanwhile, there was this group of Shia Muslims over in the Levant and Iran called Ismailis. Ismailis are a weird and quirky sect based mostly on social justice and being nerds, and we were doing well for a while—we ruled the Fatimid Empire, it was cool—and then the Mongols decided to kill us all.
redraw of a fatimid painted bowl 🌿🍵
February 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
redraw of a fatimid painted bowl 🌿🍵
New video on the Fatimids!
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The Fatimid Caliphate: Every Year
YouTube video by EmperorTigerstar
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May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New video on the Fatimids!
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oooh we are posting super bowls?
As a specialist in Islamic ceramics *cracks knuckles* I present this fabulous 11th c. lustre painted bowl from Fatimid Cairo depicting a Coptic priest. Its white glaze imitates Chinese porcelain and the lustre technique was invented in Iraq a century earlier.
As a specialist in Islamic ceramics *cracks knuckles* I present this fabulous 11th c. lustre painted bowl from Fatimid Cairo depicting a Coptic priest. Its white glaze imitates Chinese porcelain and the lustre technique was invented in Iraq a century earlier.
February 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
oooh we are posting super bowls?
As a specialist in Islamic ceramics *cracks knuckles* I present this fabulous 11th c. lustre painted bowl from Fatimid Cairo depicting a Coptic priest. Its white glaze imitates Chinese porcelain and the lustre technique was invented in Iraq a century earlier.
As a specialist in Islamic ceramics *cracks knuckles* I present this fabulous 11th c. lustre painted bowl from Fatimid Cairo depicting a Coptic priest. Its white glaze imitates Chinese porcelain and the lustre technique was invented in Iraq a century earlier.
How Fatimid Cairo Shaped Norman Sicily www.medievalists.net/2026/09/how-... #medieval #architecture #Sicily
How Fatimid Cairo Shaped Norman Sicily - Medievalists.net
Discover how the architecture of Fatimid Cairo influenced the churches, palaces and artistic culture of Norman Sicily during the Middle Ages.
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September 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
How Fatimid Cairo Shaped Norman Sicily www.medievalists.net/2026/09/how-... #medieval #architecture #Sicily
Part 189 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
This is not glass. This 11th century Fatimid ewer was made from a single block of rock crystal, one of the hardest minerals to carve.
This is not glass. This 11th century Fatimid ewer was made from a single block of rock crystal, one of the hardest minerals to carve.
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Part 189 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
This is not glass. This 11th century Fatimid ewer was made from a single block of rock crystal, one of the hardest minerals to carve.
This is not glass. This 11th century Fatimid ewer was made from a single block of rock crystal, one of the hardest minerals to carve.
Sitt al-Mulk ruled the Fatimid Caliphate in the 11th century. Brilliant politician, possibly had her brother assassinated. History is... complicated. And fascinating. #HistoricalWomen #Medieval
January 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Sitt al-Mulk ruled the Fatimid Caliphate in the 11th century. Brilliant politician, possibly had her brother assassinated. History is... complicated. And fascinating. #HistoricalWomen #Medieval
I don't want to be a weak Teutonic Knight ): I want to be a mighty Fatimid.. on Horseback..
June 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I don't want to be a weak Teutonic Knight ): I want to be a mighty Fatimid.. on Horseback..
Story Teller
collage, July 2023
collage, July 2023
June 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Story Teller
collage, July 2023
collage, July 2023
Map of Sicily and Palermo in the 11th century from medieval Islamic manuscript known as the Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels for the Eyes. Part of a 13th-century copy of an 11th-century Arabic cosmography created in Fatimid Egypt.
#photography #art #cartography #travel #medieval
#photography #art #cartography #travel #medieval
February 21, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Map of Sicily and Palermo in the 11th century from medieval Islamic manuscript known as the Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels for the Eyes. Part of a 13th-century copy of an 11th-century Arabic cosmography created in Fatimid Egypt.
#photography #art #cartography #travel #medieval
#photography #art #cartography #travel #medieval
Muqarnas Ceiling - located in the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, Sicily. Fatimid-style wooden ceiling from the 1130s. #kfrontdesigns #photography #muquarnas #cappellapalatina #palermo
May 29, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Muqarnas Ceiling - located in the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, Sicily. Fatimid-style wooden ceiling from the 1130s. #kfrontdesigns #photography #muquarnas #cappellapalatina #palermo
Opulent Lady
Naked courtesan, Fatimid Caliphate, late 11th century
You can see my NSFW artworks one month early for $20. www.patreon.com/WilhelmHistory
Naked courtesan, Fatimid Caliphate, late 11th century
You can see my NSFW artworks one month early for $20. www.patreon.com/WilhelmHistory
August 16, 2023 at 10:54 AM
Opulent Lady
Naked courtesan, Fatimid Caliphate, late 11th century
You can see my NSFW artworks one month early for $20. www.patreon.com/WilhelmHistory
Naked courtesan, Fatimid Caliphate, late 11th century
You can see my NSFW artworks one month early for $20. www.patreon.com/WilhelmHistory
Coming soon - my new book!
"The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East"
The early Crusades told from many different cultural perspectives (Fatimid, Byzantine, Ayyubid, Turkish, Frankish, Syriac etc.)
Publication: 4 June
Pre-order: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/nicho...
"The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East"
The early Crusades told from many different cultural perspectives (Fatimid, Byzantine, Ayyubid, Turkish, Frankish, Syriac etc.)
Publication: 4 June
Pre-order: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/nicho...
The Crusader Storm
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April 2, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Coming soon - my new book!
"The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East"
The early Crusades told from many different cultural perspectives (Fatimid, Byzantine, Ayyubid, Turkish, Frankish, Syriac etc.)
Publication: 4 June
Pre-order: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/nicho...
"The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East"
The early Crusades told from many different cultural perspectives (Fatimid, Byzantine, Ayyubid, Turkish, Frankish, Syriac etc.)
Publication: 4 June
Pre-order: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/nicho...
In the 12th and 13th centuries after the fall of the Fatimid Caliphate and the subsequent Mongol invasion.
July 4, 2025 at 6:14 AM
In the 12th and 13th centuries after the fall of the Fatimid Caliphate and the subsequent Mongol invasion.
Sicily is rightfully Fatimid land
April 7, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Sicily is rightfully Fatimid land
this is some 10th century shit but with Israel instead of the Fatimid Caliphate
After being denied entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher by Israeli police earlier today, in powerful moment, Cardinal Pizzaballa blessed the city of Jerusalem with a relic of the Holy Cross; the brief service took place at the foot of the Mount of Olives.
March 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
this is some 10th century shit but with Israel instead of the Fatimid Caliphate
The Crusaders and Gaza www.medievalists.net/2024/03/crus... #Crusades
The Crusaders and Gaza - Medievalists.net
Almost eight hundred years ago, Gaza would be on the frontlines of another war, this one pitting the Crusaders against Fatimid Egypt.
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March 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The Crusaders and Gaza www.medievalists.net/2024/03/crus... #Crusades
6mm Shattered Lances game at the club tonight. Somewhere near Cairo in 1077, a Fatimid army led by Badr al-Jamali attacks an invading Turkoman army under Atsiz ibn Uwaq. In a reversal of history, the Turks wear down the Arabs through a great deal of patient skirmishing.
February 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
6mm Shattered Lances game at the club tonight. Somewhere near Cairo in 1077, a Fatimid army led by Badr al-Jamali attacks an invading Turkoman army under Atsiz ibn Uwaq. In a reversal of history, the Turks wear down the Arabs through a great deal of patient skirmishing.
Listen, the Fatimid Caliphate didn't control the island for nothing!
July 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Listen, the Fatimid Caliphate didn't control the island for nothing!
Tellingly they're such big goddamned fucking racists they can't take Black folks joking around online. Fortunately I'm literate in Arabic & French & don't only rely on English sources for what I know of the Fatimid & Almoravid dynasties, as a Fulbright scholar trained in study of historical Morocco.
Tellingly they don't know the name of any 1066 African Empires.
African history is for the diaspora as much of fetish as white marble Romanoboos.
Discussions of Fatimid and Almoravid dynasties or Makuria? Noo too much slave raiding and not enough English language sources.
African history is for the diaspora as much of fetish as white marble Romanoboos.
Discussions of Fatimid and Almoravid dynasties or Makuria? Noo too much slave raiding and not enough English language sources.
It’s the year 1066 & I’m supposed to be hanging with the Europeans’ unwashed & diseased asses? I’m chilling in the golden age of some African empire.
May 2, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Tellingly they're such big goddamned fucking racists they can't take Black folks joking around online. Fortunately I'm literate in Arabic & French & don't only rely on English sources for what I know of the Fatimid & Almoravid dynasties, as a Fulbright scholar trained in study of historical Morocco.
'Fatimid Cosmopolitanism' features the research of 22 scholars on the diverse achievements of the Fatimid dynasty, covering religion and statecraft, legacy reconsidered, ceremony and symbolism, and art and archaeology.
Now available in open access: bit.ly/4nwkZbU
Now available in open access: bit.ly/4nwkZbU
September 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
'Fatimid Cosmopolitanism' features the research of 22 scholars on the diverse achievements of the Fatimid dynasty, covering religion and statecraft, legacy reconsidered, ceremony and symbolism, and art and archaeology.
Now available in open access: bit.ly/4nwkZbU
Now available in open access: bit.ly/4nwkZbU
Current zine for the Fatimid Order of the Moorish Orthodox Church.
November 18, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Current zine for the Fatimid Order of the Moorish Orthodox Church.
"A Fatimid Interoffice Memo about the Franks, May God Forsake Them" by Marina Rustow, Alan Elbaum, and Paul M. Cobb
Fragment of the Month: January 2026
In January 2026's Fragment of the Month, Rustow, Elbaum and Cobb have pieced together a lengthy Fatimid document and the history behind it.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:04 AM
"A Fatimid Interoffice Memo about the Franks, May God Forsake Them" by Marina Rustow, Alan Elbaum, and Paul M. Cobb