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Brill Academic Publishers - English
URL: http://www.brill.nl/m_catalogue_sub6_id226.htm

The Empire of the Mahdi Handbook of Oriental Studies. In the 9th century, a secret sect of the Ismâ‘îlîs -- known in the Middle Ages under the name of Fatimids -- arose to play a prominent role in the history of the Near East. Their supreme head today is the Agha Khan. In this mesmerising book, Heinz Halm describes the early history of the Fatimids, from the founding and spread of the secret society to the rise of the caliphal dynasty to power in North Africa and the founding of Cairo, their capital.

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Fatimid Dynasty -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article - English
URL: http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article?eu=34421

political and religious dynasty that dominated an empire in North Africa and subsequently in the Middle East from AD 909 to 1171 and tried unsuccessfully to oust the 'Abbasid caliphs as leaders of the Islamic world. It took its name from Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, from whom the Fatimids claimed descent.

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Fatimids - English
URL: http://mb-soft.com/believe/txh/fatimid.htm

The Fatimids were an Islamic dynasty that reigned in North Africa and later in Egypt from 909 until 1171. The Fatimid Caliphate was the political pinnacle of the Ismailis, a group of Shiites who expected the appearance of a messiah descended from the marriage of Ali, the fourth caliph, and Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.

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