Turning points
- 909Fatimids rise in North Africa
- 929Abd al-Rahman III takes the title
- 945Buyids take Baghdad
- 969Fatimids take Egypt
- 1025Somnath
- 1031Cordoba caliphate collapses
What came next
In 1055 the Seljuk Turk Tughril Beg entered Baghdad and freed the caliph from the Buyids. Real power now sat with the Seljuk sultan.











