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Fatimid
Fatimid (or Fatimite)A descendant or Arabian dynasty claiming descent from Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. The Fatimids ruled in parts of North Africa from 908 to 1171 , and during some of that period in Egypt and Syria.
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