The Fatimid revolution succeeded only partially where the Abbasid one had triumphed fully.

Evidence

At this point, however, the resemblance ceases, for the vision was not fulfilled. The Abbasid triumph was complete, that of the Fatimids only partial. Except for the distant and isolated province of Spain, all Islam submitted to the Abbasids, and even in Spain the Umayyad survivors did not seriously challenge their Caliphate. The Fatimids won great victories, and at the time it must have seemed that they were about to engulf the whole world of Islam. But they did not. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 379

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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