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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...
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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...
- 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...
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Byzantine periods), the Arab
conquerors decided to
establish a new city
called Fustat to
serve as the
administrative capital and
military garrison center of Egypt...
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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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construction of the city started. The city was
located several miles northeast of
Fustat, the
older regional capital founded by the Arab
conquerors in the seventh...
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Fatimids captured Alexandria with ease. However,
while the
Abbasid garrison in
Fustat was
weaker and
mutinous due to lack of pay, al-Qa'im did not
exploit it...
- 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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hospitals was the Al-
Fustat Hospital,
which was
founded in 872 CE. It was
founded by
Ahmed ibn
Tulun and was
located in
Fustat,
located in what is now...
