The Islamic City · event 8 of 15

1168

Fustat is burned. The vizier Shawar orders the old capital destroyed to deny it to the approaching Crusaders. It never recovers.

The The Islamic City era

  1. 641
  2. 750
  3. 868
  4. 879
  5. 969
  6. 970
  7. 1087
  8. 1168
  9. 1171
  10. 1176
  11. 1250
  12. 1258
  13. 1348
  14. 1356–1363
  15. 1474

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