Fatimides, or FATIMITES, an Arab dynasty, descended from Ali and Fatima, daughter of Mohammed, ruled over Egypt and North Africa (969–1171), and later over Syria and Palestine. In religion the Fatimides were Shiites of the Ismailian sect. The Fatimide calif Haken was the founder of the Druses (q.v.). Compare also CALIF, EGYPT.
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