In the 4th–5th centuries AH, the Islamic East witnessed a power struggle between two rival dynasties: the Sunni Abbasids in Baghdad and the Shiʿi Fatimids in Cairo.
Nāṣir Khusraw: A Pilgrimage of Transformation
In the 4th–5th centuries AH, the Islamic East witnessed a power struggle between two rival dynasties: the Sunni Abbasids in Baghdad and the Shiʿi Fatimids in Cairo.