Examples of methods of establishing authority during the first Fatimid era (358-465 AH / 968-1072 AD)

Abstract

The Fatimids sought, with their politics and sophistication, to prove the correctness of their statement, and it benefited them a lot in establishing their authority in Egypt, and the Egyptians accepted their thought and policy, due to the sacred position of the Messenger Muhammad, peace be upon him, and his family in the hearts of the Egyptians, and the conquest of Egypt is an event that is more than a mere change in families Rather, it was considered a radical, religious and cultural coup. For the first time in history, Egypt was ruled by a state that did not owe even nominal allegiance to Baghdad, and the Fatimids took gifts as a means to approach the peoples they ruled and to win over the hearts of ordinary Egyptians and win over the men of their state from the leaders, soldiers, scholars and poets, and the successors of the state took care The Fatimid and senior officials of the state in the cultural (intellectual) aspect; To spread their ideas and a means of defense against their opponents, in addition to using them as a means of their political advocacy, as taken by political parties in the modern era.