fatimid caliphate

Normans successfully conquered southern Italy. A faction among them led by Robert Guiscard launched an invasion of the decaying Byzantine Empire. This invasion was initially successful winning the battle of Dyrrachium despite being outnumbered. Yet it was later defeated by a coalition of...

During First Crusade's first fight the siege of Nicaea Byzantine Emperor Alexios I made the city surrender to him separately from the Crusades. This alienated them from him. That distrust led the Crusaders into a separate path of not helping Byzantium. Eventually when Alexios refused to relieve...

What if, after seizing power in Iran and the Arab world, the Buyids and Famitids began a campaign of forced conversion against the public ? In an effort to alter the demographic landscape such that Shia Islam would eventually overtake Sunni Islam as the predominant religion in the Middle East...

Following their rise to power in Iran in the 16th century, the Safavid dynasty initiated a campaign of forced conversion against the Iranian populace, seeking to create a new demographic environment in which Shia Islam would replace Sunni Islam as the nation's religious majority. Over the course...

So the general feeling, here at least, is that if Stephen of Blois hadn't lost his nerve the day before Antioch fell, not only would relations between the Crusaders and Emperor Alexios have not deteriorated, but there wouldn't have been a six month delay that saw many of the Crusaders, including...

either Abdallah dies as infant or in Kutama tribes and the Fatimid caliphate never exist, how would the maghreb evolve? and how long will the Ikhshidid dynasty have control in Egypt

What if, instead of managing to capture the city, circumstances had wound up such that the crusaders besieging Jerusalem... didn't? Whether a more spirited defense, worse efforts on the parts of the besiegers, or just sheer luck. The Crusaders are crushed outside the walls of the Holy City...

For those who don't know, Kerbogha was the Turkish atabeg (leader) of Mosul who led an army to relieve the city of Antioch, which was besieged by the First Crusade, and, after it fell before his arrival, to retake it from them. Wikipedia provides two possible PODs which could've resulted in the...

So the son of Peroz III, Narseih was going to Persia, or more specifically the Persian steppes to be restored to the sassanian throne with the aid of a noble named Pei with the backing of the Tang Dynasty. Apparently the plan was to liberate transoxiana, and then restore Peroz III's rump state...

The idea have been inspired by some older thread but what if the Fatimids instead of conquering and settling Egypt in 969 remained in Ifriqiyia and thrower they’re ressource at controlling southern Italy Mediterranean island and try conquer central Italy (essentially doing a reverse Norman...

From 960 to 961 Nikephoros Phokas Byzantine future emperor and brillant military leader lead the Byzantine reconquest of Crete from the Emirate of Crete (824-961) what if the Arab relief force manage to surprise and decisively defeat the byzantine (inverse happened OTL) killing Nikephoros...

Hi there! Been a while since I've posted a thread. So, I was reading about early muslim history, and I found myself interested by the 'alid cause. So, I decided to pose these questions. 1: What if Ali ibn Abi Talib's challenge to Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan was accepted, and Ali, being (from every...

What if Saladin never became Sultan of Egypt? There are a number of reasons this might not happen: he doesn't get born, he decides on a religious career rather than a military one, he doesn't get sent there by Nur ad-Din, etc. Of course, there are differences with each "why", but the common...