The Islamic City · event 1 of 15

641

Amr ibn al-As founds Fustat. The Arab conquest brings a garrison town beside the Roman fortress, and the oldest mosque in Africa. Fustat is Egypt’s capital for three centuries.

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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