Section of a Massachussets Institute of Technology course on the Architecture of Cairo dealing with the Fatimid contribution.

A library of photographs of examples of buildings from the Fatimid period in Egypt and Libya.

Brief article on Encyclopedia.com covers the history and surviving influences of the Fatimids.

An illustrated guide to some masterpieces of Islamic architecture in Cairo.

Profiles of Fatimid caliphs, from the Islamic Dictionary.

An account from Encyclopedia of the Orient of the rise of the Shia Fatimids, and their struggle to replace the Sunni Abbasid Caliphate, until they were replaced by the Ayyubids.

Chapter 4 of a book by Yacov Lev about social aspects of Fatimid rule in Egypt. From the Internet Islamic History Sourcebook.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, presents an online exhibition of art and architecture from the Fatimids, whose opulence fuelled a renaissance in Cairo.

An account of Egypt in the Fatimid Period, focussing on the development of Cairo (Al Kahira). Includes a list of rulers.

An account of the dynasty, focussing on the time of their rule in Egypt.