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  1. Dynasty of Muslim Shi'ite caliphs founded 909
  2. by Obaidallah, who claimed to be a descendant
  3. of Fatima (the prophet Muhammad's daughter)
  4. and her husband Ali, in N Africa. In 969 the
  5. Fatimids conquered Egypt, and the dynasty
  6. continued until overthrown by Saladin 1171.
  7.