What the records say
- When
- 29 May 970
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.93° N, 34.86° E
- Description
- battle in the Fatimid conquest of Egypt (970)
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Fatimid Caliphate
Fourth Islamic caliphate (909–1171)
The Fatimid Caliphate, also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate that existed from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty. Spanning a large area of North Africa and West Asia, it extended from the western Mediterranean in the west to the Red Sea in the east.
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