Abstract
The Fatimids paid attention to the maritime fleet and the burlding of porsts to achieve their goals in establishing agreat empire in the mediterranean , especially after their seizing of sicily and making it abase for agreat feet which would realize the execution of their maritime plans .
The Fatimrd fleet stated its early activity west of the mediterranean by supporting the Fatimids dominion over north Africa and controlling the coatal ports . The Fatimid vessels could invade the south of France and Genoa city and over take the Italian city of Biza . Consequently , the Fatimid fleet was in control of the Mediterranean , its power had undergone tremendous progress and its danger to the Byzantine fleets aggravated , because it doubled its raids on them from ports and outposts of Morocco .. It succeeded to defend the Islamic Morocco by repulsing the attacts of the Romans .
The Fatimid experience had another sigificance in Morocco and Egypt later in the reign of callph A-Muiz lideenil lah who made the west of the Meditrranean aFatimid lake . He , therefore , took Al – Mahdiya , susa , Al – Mansouriya and other ports as refuge to his vessels .
The Fatimiid fleet is considered the greatest factor in the Fatimids maritime victories , and to it goes the cred it of providing Jawhar of sicity with supplies during his invasion of Egypt . The Fatimids attached geat importance to the fleet and its men in Morocco and even after their depature to Egypt . The vessels of the Fatimid fleet which were built in the Egyption industrial workshops in thereign of calip Al – Muiz were estimated at more than 600vessels of different kinds and sizes . The men of the fleet occupied a high statas among the employees of the army court , an the manager of the army court was the fleet admiral .
