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Wikipedia: Fustat (also Fostat, Al Fustat, Misr al-Fustat and Fustat-Misr, and in Arabic الفسطاط), was the first capital of Egypt under Arab rule. It was built by the Arab general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Arab conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first mosque ever built in Egypt. This mosque was also the first mosque built in Africa, since the Islamic expansion onto the continent commenced with Egypt.
![[The Mosque of Amr ibn al]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Le_Caire_mosqu_C3_A9e_Amr_ibn_al_As_s.jpg "The Mosque of Amr ibn al")
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![[Indian textile fragment, circa 1545]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fustat_Indian_s.jpg "Indian textile fragment, circa 1545")
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