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Cairo as Fatimid and Mamluk Capital (c. 969–1517 CE)

Cairo as Fatimid and Mamluk Capital (c. 969–1517 CE)

  1. Fatimids conquer Egypt and found Cairo

    Labels: Fatimid Caliphate, Jawhar al-Siqilli, Cairo

  2. Al-Azhar Mosque construction begins in Cairo

    Labels: Al-Azhar Mosque, Fatimid Patronage

  3. Al-Azhar Mosque completed and first prayers held

    Labels: Al-Azhar Mosque

  4. Caliph al-Mu'izz arrives; Cairo becomes capital

    Labels: Al-Mu'izz, Fatimid Caliphate

  5. Construction begins on al-Hakim Mosque

    Labels: Al-Hakim Mosque, Fatimid Architecture

  6. Al-Hakim Mosque completed under al-Hakim

    Labels: Al-Hakim Mosque

  7. Bab al-Futuh rebuilt in stone under Badr al-Jamali

    Labels: Bab al-Futuh, Badr al-Jamali

  8. Bab Zuwayla rebuilt in stone at new location

    Labels: Bab Zuwayla, Badr al-Jamali

  9. Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque built near Bab Zuwayla

    Labels: Al-Salih Tala'i, Tala'i ibn

  10. Saladin abolishes the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt

    Labels: Saladin, Fatimid Caliphate

  11. Saladin begins construction of the Cairo Citadel

    Labels: Cairo Citadel, Saladin

  12. Mamluk Sultanate established with Cairo as capital

    Labels: Mamluk Sultanate, Cairo

  13. Mamluks defeat Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut

    Labels: Battle of, Mamluk Military

  14. Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars completed in Cairo

    Labels: Mosque of, Baybars

  15. Qalawun complex built at Bayn al-Qasrayn

    Labels: Qalawun Complex, Al-Mansur Qalawun

  16. Sultan Hasan mosque-madrasa construction begins

    Labels: Sultan Hasan

  17. Barquq mosque-madrasa-khanqah complex completed

    Labels: Barquq Complex, Sultan Barquq

  18. Ottomans capture Cairo; Mamluk rule ends

    Labels: Ottoman Conquest, Mamluk Sultanate