Proclamation of the Fatimid Caliphate
Ismailis found a caliphate to rival Baghdad
The missionary Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i rallied the Kutama Berbers in the mountains of present-day Algeria and in 909 overthrew the Aghlabids, who ruled Ifriqiya for the Abbasids. In January 910 Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi, who claimed descent from the Prophet's daughter Fatima, was proclaimed caliph at Raqqada near Kairouan. The Ismaili caliphate challenged Baghdad, conquered Egypt in 969 and founded Cairo.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 895 Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin — 14 years earlier
Americas
- c. 900 Rise of Chichen Itza — 9 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Oleg the Wise (aged 64)
- Igor of Kiev (aged 31)
- Æthelstan (aged 15)
- Edward the Elder (aged 35)