El-Fustat
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Fustat (), also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, though it has been integrated into Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first mosque built in Egypt.
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El-Fustat, also known as Madīnat al Fusţāţ, is an archaeological site and former human settlement located in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Established in 641, the area served as the capital of the Tulunid Emirate of Egypt and Egypt in the Middle Ages. It was part of Islamic Cairo and included the Coptic Cairo and the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As. The settlement was dissolved in 1168.
The site covers an area of 54.49 and is situated within the city of Cairo. According to GeoNames, the current population is 0. El-Fustat lies in the UTC+02:00 time zone.
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- Settlement.name
- Fustat
- Settlement.native_name
- الفسطاط
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Capital of Egypt, 641–750, 905–1168
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Fostat-329.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- A drawing of Fustat, from Rappoport's History of Egypt
- Settlement.nickname
- City of the Tents
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Historical location in Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Currently part of
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Old Cairo
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Rashidun Caliphate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Fatimid Caliphate
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Part of
- Islamic Cairo
- Has part
- Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- Cairo Governorate
- Area
- 54.49
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Tulunid Emirate of Egypt
- Image
- Fostat-329.jpg
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- Fustat
- inception
- 0641-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1168-00-00
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- Egyptian capital
- Origin of name
- Early history
- Destruction and decline
- Modern Fustat
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
Fustat (), also Fostat, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, though it has been integrated into Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first mosque built in Egypt.
The city reached its peak in the 12th century, with a population of approximately 200,000. It was the centre of administrative power in Egypt, until it was ordered burnt in 1168 by its own vizier, Shawar, to keep its wealth out of the hands of the invading Crusaders. The remains of the city were eventually absorbed by nearby Cairo, which had been built to the north of Fustat in 969 when the Fatimids conquered the region and created a new city as a royal enclosure for the Caliph. The area fell into disrepair for hundreds of years and was used as a rubbish dump.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “El-Fustat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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