Dynasty·Abbasid
Saladin Ends the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt
- Date
- September 1171 CE567 AH855 years ago
- Place
- Cairo, Egypt
- People
- Saladin, Al-Adid
Saladin ended the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt in September 1171 and restored the name of the Abbasid caliph to the Friday sermon. The last Fatimid caliph, al-Adid, died a few days later. Saladin then founded the Ayyubid dynasty, which ruled Egypt and Syria for most of the following century. The Fatimids had ruled Egypt since 969 and founded Cairo.
Why it matters
The Ayyubid dynasty that followed ruled Egypt and Syria until the Mamluk takeover of 1250.