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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2823039, member: 75799&quot;]<b>Fatimid Dynasty of Northern Africa</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Al-Mu&#039;izz Li Din Allah (932-975)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Gold Dinar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Fatimids were a major power during the medieval ages that has swathes of land covering a large part of Northern Africa and the Levant. The Fatimid dinars were extremely popular as a medium of exchange during this period for their purity and weight that they influenced the eventual Bezants of the Crusaders kingdoms of Jerusalem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Al-Mui&#039;zz was a prominent Shia Ismaili Caliph known particularly tolerant attitude towards non Muslims to the extent that Coptic legends even suggested that he converted to Christianity. Among other achievements included establishing the name for Cairo (al Qahira) which lasted to this day and the alleged discovery of the fountain pen. </p><p><br /></p><p>Whilst they were an Islamic power in the Levant and Northern Africa, they eventually went into decline only to be replaced by the Ayyubids under the illustrious Saladin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]663292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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