Fatimid conquest of Egypt
The Fatimid conquest of Egypt took place in 969. Egypt was then ruled by the autonomous Ikhshidid dynasty in the name of the Abbasid Caliphate. In 973, al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah arrived in Egypt, and took up residence in Cairo. Cairo became the seat of the FatimID Caliphate until its abolition by Saladin in 1171.