HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Cairo
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Islamabad
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Damascus
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Beirut
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 970, during the rule of the Fatimid dynasty, a general by the name of Jawhar established a new city called Al Qahirah (Cairo) which became the official capital of Egypt after the destruction of the city of Fustat by flames in 1168 during a battle against the crusaders and the magical Khan el Khalili Bazaar.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cairo (/ˈkaɪroʊ/ KY-roh; Arabic: , romanized: al-Qāhirah, pronounced [ælqɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ]) is the capital of Egypt and the city-state Cairo Governorate, and is the country’s largest city, home to 10 million people.
Detailed explanation-3: -First it was named Al-Mansuriyyah then it was changed to be Al-Qahira “Cairo” after the conqueror Planet “Mars” as it is known among the historians. Cairo is known by many names such as “City of a thousand minarets” because of the abundance of the mosques in it and also “Qahirat El-Mo’ez".