Music and Musical Instruments in Fatimid Egypt (358–567 AH / 968–1171 CE)

وزارة التربية /مديرية تربية محافظة كربلاء المقدسة

Abstract

    In the past, music was closely linked to religion among the ancient Egyptians, and its study and navigation was according to the priests. Religious rituals were used, and most of the religious songs were in praising the gods and social life.    Therefore, the music councils were among the means of entertainment and entertainment in the Fatimid era, so the caliphs, ministers, and senior men of the Fatimid state and the general people of Egypt cared about music and its enemy as a means of entertainment, and the interest of the Fatimid era in music led to its prosperity, so it became a self-contained art with stable origins.

 The Fatimid caliphs and their senior statesmen used to sing and listen to music, and their councils were not devoid of these manifestations