What was the first capital of the Fatimid Caliphate?
Cairo
Baghdad
al-Mahdiyya
Damascus
Answer
The first capital of the Fatimid Caliphate was al-Mahdiyya, founded in 921. The city was named after the first Fatimid Caliph, Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah. The capital was later moved to al-Mansuriyya and eventually to Cairo in 973.
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