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The Fatimids having secured their western borders, …
Years: 968 - 968
The Fatimids having secured their western borders, the way to Egypt is now clear the more so given the state of crisis that the incumbent Ikhshidid dynasty now finds itself in and the inability of the Abbasids to counterattack.
As early as 966, al-Mu'izz had prepared a fresh invasion of Egypt, but it had reportedly been delayed at the request of his mother, who wished to make a pilgrimage to Mecca first.
Her honorable treatment by the local ruler, the vizier Abu al-Misk Kafur, when she passed through Egypt had induced the caliph to postpone the invasion until after Kafur's death.
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Years: 968 - 968
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