What the records say
- When
- 11 Feb 969 – 14 Jul 969
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 30.00° N, 31.23° E
- Description
- 10th-century conquest
Fatimid conquest of Egypt
Part of the Fatimid Caliphate's expansion in 969–970
Troops of the Fatimid Caliphate under the general Jawhar captured Egypt, then ruled by the autonomous Ikhshidid dynasty in the name of the Abbasid Caliphate, in 969.
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