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Amr ibn al-As, Conqueror of Egypt

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CompanionConqueror of Egypt

Amr ibn al-Asعمرو بن العاص

Approximate dateFustat, Egypt

A shrewd Qurayshi who became Muslim in 629 and opened Egypt for Islam.

Before Islam, Amr was sent by Quraysh to the Najashi to bring back the emigrants, and failed. He became Muslim with Khalid in 629 and led campaigns in Palestine. In 640 to 642 he took Egypt and founded Fustat, the first Muslim city there, with its mosque still standing in Cairo. He governed Egypt and died there in 664.

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Who else is linked?

Cairo and FustatKhalid ibn al-WalidMu'awiyah ibn Abi SufyanAbdullah ibn AmrByzantine EmpireRashidun CaliphateUmayyad CaliphateUqbah ibn NafiAbu Musa al-Ash'ariAl-MuqawqisEgypt (Misr)Alexandria

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺThe Three Who Stayed BehindZayd ibn HarithaHeracliusKhosrow IIAl-MuqawqisJabalah ibn al-AyhamYazdegerd III

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