Babylon/al-Fusṭāṭ/Old Cairo

fort · 2670 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient fortified city of the Nile Delta of Egypt, located at Babylon in the area today known as Coptic Cairo. Under the name al-Fusṭāṭ, it became the political center of Egypt following the Arab conquest in the 7th century CE.

Coordinates
30.00578, 31.23011
Also known as
Alt-Kairo, Old Cairo (de), Altkairo, Babylon, Babylonia (la), Babylonia (la), Babylōn, Babylon (grc), Cairo (en), Fusṭāṭ, Fusṭāṭ Miṣr, Fustat Misr, Fostat Masr, Fustat Masr, Fostat Misr (arb), Kairo (de), Maṣr al-Qadīma, Mişr, Misr, Masr (arb), Miṣr al-Qadīma, Misr al-Qadima, Misr al-Qadimah, Masr al-Qadima, Masr al-Qadimah, Misr el-Qadima, Misr el-Qadimah, Masr el-Qadima, Masr el-Qadimah (arb), al-Fusṭāṭ, al-Fustat, Fustat, Fostat, el-Fustat (arb), al-Qāhira, al-Qahira, el-Qahira (arb), فسطاط (ota), Ḳāhire (ota), ẖr-ʿhꜣ, ẖr-ʿḥ3 (egy), ẖrjʿḥ3, ẖrjʿḥꜣ, ẖrjʿḥ3 (egy)
Dating
attested

Sources

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