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Fustat ( Arabic: الفُسطاط, romanized : al-Fusṭāṭ ), also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, and the historical centre of modern Cairo.
Cairo. After the Arab conquest in 21 AH/641 AD, Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab wanted a new capital for Egypt, refusing Alexandria, the former capital city during the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods. Fustat was founded by general ‘Amr ibn al-‘As, making it Egypt’s first Islamic capital.
Al-Fusṭāṭ, capital of the province of Egypt during the Muslim caliphates of the Umayyad and Abbasid and succeeding dynasties, until captured by the Fāṭimid general Jawhar in 969. Founded in 641 by the Muslim conqueror of Egypt, ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, on the east bank of the Nile River, south of modern.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Fustat suffered from famine and fire in the 12th century and continued to decline over the next 200 years—but its core remained a vital industrial neighborhood. Today, Fustat is called “Old Cairo,” its surviving mosques, churches and synagogues a reminder of the time when the city was the cultural capital of Egypt.
- Pamela Toler
Feb 25, 2022 · Souq El-Fustat, or Fustat market, is located at the heart of the old Cairo district. It houses some 50 galleries with Egyptian handicrafts that struggle to survive for fear of the danger of extinction.
The explosive growth of al-Fustat took place on the amal asfal as well as on the rocky terraces, amak fawq, which rise to the east. Keywords: Arab army, Roman fortress, Egypt, Byzantine armies, al-Fustat, Babylon, amal asfal, amak fawq. Subject. Society and Culture Cultural Studies.
Fustat is the “Old City” of Cairo, Egypt’s capital. Fustat was the first Muslim capital of Egypt when a Caliphate’s general conquered it in 640 A.D. For five hundred years Fustat flourished and became the home of Byzantine Greeks, Coptic Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
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