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7 novembre 2019
- handle: 10670/1.58zs7y
- isbn: 978-90-04-40290-4
- hal: hal-02387986
- doi: 10.1163/9789004410640
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Histoire islamique Shiite FatimidesSujets proches
Hostilities Conflict, Armed (War) Wars Armed conflict (War) Fighting Military strategy Naval operations Control of the sea Maritime operations (Naval forces) Operations, Naval Erythraean Sea Yam Suf Sinus Arabicus Yam Sup Military power Navy Communication, Primitive Mass communication War claims Claims--Law and legislation International claims Private claims Capital assets Fixed assetsCiter ce document
David Bramoullé, « Les Fatimides et la mer (909-1171) », HAL-SHS : histoire, ID : 10.1163/9789004410640
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The Fatimids (10th - 12th centuries C.E) are known to have been the first Shiite caliphal dynasty and to have founded Cairo, the city that became their capital in 973 when they left Tunisia for Egypt. During their reign, the Fatimids built an effective war fleet that inflicted several defeats on Christian navies. This is the first study on the Fatimid naval force and, more generally, on the role of the sea for the Fatimids whose territories touched both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. The documentation presented in this study demonstrates how, in the course of two centuries, this Ismaeli dynasty set up a maritime policy and developed a communication strategy in which their control of the sea helped legitimize their universalist claims against competing powers.