The Fatimid saddle treasury
خزانة السروج الفاطمية
The khizanat al-suruj of the Fatimid state — a dedicated saddle treasury attesting the state's care for the craft: Egyptian saddlers excelled in gold- and silver-mounted saddles priced between one and seven thousand dinars, with pure gold or silver bits and chains and collars for the horses' necks.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Overview
The craft
What needs a source
The location of the store, its history and the page number: an additional source is needed.
Connections
- Related to
- Fatimid Caliphate
People and things also explored
Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Da'i al-Du'at — the chief missionary· Abbasid Caliphate· Fatimid Caliphate
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
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islam.museum contributors. “The Fatimid saddle treasury”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/khizanat-al-suruj/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.