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Fatimite, a. and n.|ˈfætɪmaɪt|
Also Fat(h)emite, Fathimite, Fatimid(e.
[f. Arab. Fāṭima (see below) + -ite1.]
A. adj. Descended from Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad by his first wife, Khadija.
B. n. A descendant of Fatima and her husband, Ali; a member of the Arabian dynasty which ruled in parts of northern Africa from a.d. 908 to 1171, and during some of that period in Egypt and Syria. Also attrib.
1727–38Chambers Cycl., Fathimites, or Fathemites. 1797Encycl. Brit. III. 4/2 He [sc. Obeidallah] pretended to be descended in a right line from Fatema..for which reason..the Arabs called him and his descendants Fatemites. Ibid., Abul Kasem, son to the Fatemite khalif Al Mohdi. Ibid. VII. 177/1 Fathemites, Fatemites, or Fathimites. 1838Penny Cycl. X. 207/1 Obeidallah, the first Fatimide caliph. 1872H. A. Rawes God in His Works iii. 55 The kingdoms of the Fatimites. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 587/1 With the reign of Moktadir is connected one of the greatest events in the history of the Caliphate, the foundation of the Fátimite dynasty. 1897Daily News 8 Apr. 8/1 In 1072 the Holy City was possessed by the Fatimite Caliph of Egypt. 1902Daily Chron. 20 June 4/2 The Fatimid Caliphate. 1940Burlington Mag. Nov. 152/1 There seems to be no connection between Fatimid art and the miniature painting of the Mamluks. 1951S. Runciman Hist. Crusades I. i. ii. 31 He realized the Fatimites were more dangerous enemies than their Abbasid rivals. Ibid. v. i. 267 The coast line from the middle Lebanon to the Fatimid frontier. |