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Fatimite
Variant of Fatimid
adjective
- descended from Mohammed's daughter, Fatima
- designating or of a dynasty of Muslim rulers, descended from Fatima and Ali, that ruled over Egyptian Islam and parts of N Africa (909-1171)
noun
any Fatimid ruler or descendant
Also Fatimite
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