917 Akhmed, Aglabite emir of Sicily, defeated at sea. Fatimites control Sicily. They attack Liguria, and take Genoa; attack Omayyads by sea—also come in contact with Omayyads on land.
924 Fatimites conquer Fez, capital of Edrisites. Northern Africa, with exception of Egypt, under Fatimite rule; Omayyads kept out during life-time of Obaid Allah. When Fatimite capital is removed to Cairo, Jusuf b. Zairi is left as governor in this region. His descendants become independent, and rule until displaced by Almoravids.
936 Death of Obaid Allah, succeeded by his son Abul-Kasim, who had conquered Alexandria in 919, but was soon driven out again.
945 Al-Mansur succeeds his father Abul-Kasim; makes friends with Arabian Shiites in Hedjaz and Yemen.
953 Muiz ad-Din succeeds Al-Mansur.
969 Sends army under Jauhar against Egypt; enters Fostat. Becomes first Fatimite caliph in Egypt. Hedjaz and Yemen acknowledge his supremacy. Syria also added to his dominions.
972 Fatimites found New Cairo. Great mosque Al-Azhar built, university of Egypt, still filled with students from all parts of the Mohammedan world. Soon after, Fatimite fleet meets Byzantine off Damascus, but no battle is fought.
973 Caliph sends embassy to Otto the Great. Egypt invaded by Hassan, who is defeated.
975 Death of Muiz, succeeded by his son Al-Aziz. Jaufar sent against Iftikir, Turkish chief in Damascus; is defeated, but Iftikir afterwards conquered by Aziz at Ramla.
981 Fatimites take Damascus.