Dark Side History: Al-Mahdī billāh, the beginning of the Fatimid Caliphate... youtu.be/l9dcMinlG-M?... via @YouTube #History #HistoryDocumentary #IslamicCivilization #IslamicHistory #MiddleEastHistory #NorthAfricaHistory #Fatimids #IsmailiShia #CaliphateHistory #DarkSideHistory

Under the #Fatimids, the lustreware technique developed in Iraq perfected. One of the finest complete examples juxtaposes this Islamic world achievement with a Christian subject: a priest holding a lamp or censer ( #Egypt, 1050-1100)

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