𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘀: 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘆

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳, 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳.

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘:

Published August 2025, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘀: 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘆 by Delia Cortese brings to vivid life one of the most dazzling chapters in Islamic and world history. The Fatimids (909–1171) were no ordinary dynasty: they were the only pre-modern Shiʿi power to establish an empire, and the only one in history named after a woman —Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.

From North Africa to Egypt, from Sicily to Palestine, they re-imagined what a dynasty could be. They elevated women to political and spiritual prominence, founded Cairo as a beacon of culture and scholarship, and cultivated an atmosphere of tolerance and prosperity that defied the brutal norms of their age. Their story is not just about rulers and battles, but about building a civilization where religion, art, and knowledge fused into a living vision.

Cortese paints the Fatimids not as a forgotten fragment of the past, but as architects of a world whose echoes reach us still. Their empire fostered an intellectual and artistic efflorescence that connected Africa, Asia, and Europe —spreading ideas, aesthetics, and power in ways that still shape debates about authority, identity, and belonging. With a rare blend of narrative and material culture, this book reveals the Fatimids as a dynasty that rewrote the script of Islamic history and left behind legacies that continue to inspire wonder in our own century.

𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 & 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝗪:

• Amazon Kindle:

https://read.amazon.com/sample/B0DSWBBJXP

𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 & 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐒𝐄:

• Reaktion:

https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/the-fatimids