Fustat
Fusṭāṭ was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, nowadays part of Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun Muslim general ʿAmr ibn ul-ʿĀṣ immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of ʿAmr, the first mosque built in Egypt.
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- Description: first capital of Islamic Egypt, in Old Cairo
- Also known as“Al-Fusṭāṭ”“El-Fustat”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ and Coptic Museum.
Mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ
The Amr ibn al-As Mosque is a mosque, located in the Fustat neighbourhood of Old Cairo, Egypt. Mosque of ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ is situated 360 metres northwest of Fustat.
Coptic Museum
The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt… Coptic Museum is situated 510 metres west of Fustat.
Coptic Cairo
Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses… Coptic Cairo is situated 360 metres west of Fustat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.
Fustat
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Latitude
30.00736° or 30° 0′ 27″ north
Longitude
31.23536° or 31° 14′ 7″ east
Open location code
8G2H264P+W4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=district
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Fustat” goes by many names.
الفُسْطَاطُArabic
ՖուստատArmenian
Al-FustatAsturian
FustatAzerbaijani
FustətAzerbaijani
ФустатBelarusian
ফুসতাতBengali
Al FustātCatalan
FustatCatalan
福士塔特Chinese
福斯塔特Chinese
FustátCzech
FustatDanish
FoestatDutch
FustatDutch
الفسطاطEgyptian Arabic
FustatEsperanto
Al-FustatFinnish
ΦουστάτGreek
FustatHausa
פוסטאטHebrew
फ़ुस्तातHindi
FustatIndonesian
FustatIrish
Al-FustatItalian
FustatItalian
フスタートJapanese
ФұстатKazakh
ФустатMacedonian
FustatMalay
ഫുസ്തത്Malayalam
FustatNorwegian
FustatNorwegian Bokmål
فسطاطPersian
FustatPolish
Al-FustatRomanian
ФустатRussian
FustatSerbian
ФустатSerbian
الفسطاطSerbian
FostatSerbo-Croatian
FustatSerbo-Croatian
FustatSlovenian
FustatSwedish
ФустотTajik
Әл-ФустатTatar
FustatTurkish
ФустатUkrainian
فسطاطUrdu
FustatUzbek
El-Fustat
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Virgin Mary Church and Excavation Area.
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