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Fustat (Arabic: الفُسطاط, romanized: al-
Fusṭāṭ), also Fostat, was the
first capital of
Egypt under Muslim rule,
though it has been
integrated into Cairo...
- are near-by.
Located near the Nile Delta, the
predecessor settlement was
Fustat following the
Muslim conquest of
Egypt in 641 next to an
existing ancient...
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Christian settlement of
Coptic Cairo, and the Muslim-era
settlement of
Fustat that pre-dates the
founding of
Cairo proper in 969 AD. It is part of what...
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bureaucracy and
cordial ties with the
Coptic patriarch Benjamin. He
founded Fustat as the
provincial capital with the
mosque later called after him at its...
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construction of the city started. The city was
located several miles northeast of
Fusṭāt, the
older regional capital founded by the Arab
conquerors in the seventh...
- due to his
close relations and
reliance on the Arab
military settlers of
Fustat.
Under his
direction and supervision, an army led by Musa ibn
Nusayr completed...
- communities,
whether Mecca, Kufa, Basra, Syria, etc. (Egypt's
school in
Fustat was a
branch of Medina's
school of law and
followed such practices—up until...
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resulting power vacuum led to open
infighting among the
various factions in
Fustat, the
capital of Egypt. The
atmosphere of
crisis was
deepened by the simultaneous...
- Abbasids. The
Ikhshidids came to an end when the
Fatimid army
conquered Fustat in 969.
Muhammad ibn
Tughj al-Ikhshid, a
Turkic mamluk soldier, was appointed...
- (al-Shamiyin), is a
former Jewish congregation and synagogue,
located in the
Fustat part of Old Cairo, Egypt.
According to
local folklore, it is
located on...
