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Fat⋅i⋅mid

  [fat-uh-mid]
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–noun
1. any caliph of the North African dynasty, 909–1171, claiming descent from Fatima and Ali.
2. any descendant of Fatima and Ali.
Also, Fat⋅i⋅mite  [fat-uh-mahyt] .

Origin:
1720–30
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Fat·i·mid   (fāt'ə-mĭd')   
A Muslim dynasty that ruled North Africa and parts of Egypt (909-1171).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Fatimid 
Arabic dynasty that ruled 908-1171 in N.Africa and sometimes Egypt and Syria, from Fatima, daughter of Muhammad by his first wife, Khadija; Fatima married Ali, and from them the dynasty claimed descent.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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