Cairo and Fustat, Also Fustat, al-Qahira, Misr al-Qahira, Cairo

CityAlso Fustat, al-Qahira, Misr al-Qahira, Cairo

Cairo and Fustatالقاهرة

Amr's tent-city on the Nile that became Cairo, 'the Victorious', city of al-Azhar.

Amr ibn al-As founded Fustat beside the Nile in 641; his mosque, rebuilt many times, still stands. In 969 the Fatimids built al-Qahira and al-Azhar beside it. Under Salah al-Din and the Mamluks, Cairo became the greatest city of the Muslim world and home of the Abbasid caliphs after 1258.