Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Islamic World, The
6. [Islamic World dynastic styles and periods]
7. [Arabian Peninsula Islamic styles and periods]

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the art and culture of the Islamic dynasty of this name that ruled the Yemen as representatives of the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt from 1047 to 1138. Al-Sayyida al-Hurra Arwa bint Ahmad, the wife of the powerful Sulayhid ruler Al-Mukarram Ahmad (reigned 1067-84), ruled after her husband's death and established a new Sulayhid capital at Dhu Jibla. There she built a palace and a mosque that notably introduced several features characteristic of Fatimid mosques in Egypt. With Arwa's death in 1138, the effective power of the Sulayhid dynasty ended although a few Sulayhid princes continued to hold fortresses until the end of the twelfth century.