Founder of Cairo

The reign of the founder of Cairo, the fourth Fatimid Imam-caliph al-Mu''izz li-Din Allah (341-365/953-975), marks a watershed in the transformation of the Fatimid state from a regional North African dynasty to an expansive Mediterranean empire. It was also under al- Mu''izz that articulations of the supreme authority of the Fatimid Ismaili imamate were written and disseminated across various regi...