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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...
- Caliphate, the Arab
commander Amr ibn al-As
established Fustat (Arabic: الفُسطاط, romanized: al-
Fusṭāṭ) just
north of the
Roman fortress, on the
eastern side...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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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...
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Museum in
Tahrir Square to the
National Museum of
Egyptian Civilization in
Fustat. This
event was
broadcast live
through the country's
major television channels...
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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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previous capital, al-Askar,
which in turn was
adjacent to the
settlement of
Fustat. All
three settlements were
later incorporated into the city of Cairo, founded...
