Reviews the history of the Fatimid dynasty and caliphate that ruled Medieval North Africa, Egypt and Syria, 909-1171 AD.

Contains a short overview of the Fatimid dynasty's claim to the Caliphate.

Furnishes a chronicle of the Fatimid's period of rule in Egypt which began in the second half of the 10th century.

Contains brief profiles of the many Fatimid caliphs who reigned between 909 and 1171 AD.

Furnishes biographies of the 14th through the 19th Fatimid Caliphs. Chronicles their various administrations and construction projects.