 The earliest historical record of a pen with a reservoir dates back to the 10th century AD.In 953, Ma'ād al-Mu'izz, the Fatimid Caliph of Egypt, demanded a pen which would not stain his hands or clothes, and was provided with a pen which held ink in a reservoir and delivered it to the nib.This pen may have been a fountain pen, but its mechanism remains unknown, and only one record mentioning it has been found.