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Old Cairo (quarter) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 00 27 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.0074 decimal degrees |
| Long: 031 14 21 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.2393 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was founded by Muslim conquerors of Egypt on east bank of the Nile, south of Cairo, in 641; was earliest Arab settlement in Egypt & site of first mosque; permanent city grew from Arab camp, & it was joined to Cairo in the 12th cen. |
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| Mişr al Qadīmah (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Old Cairo (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Miṣr al Qadīmah (C,V)
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| Miṣr al-Qadīmah (C,V)
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| Maṣr al-ʻAtiqah (C,V)
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............ | meaning "Old Cairo" |
| Masr al-Qadimah (NA,V)
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| مصر القديمة (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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| El Fostat (H,V)
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| El Fustat (H,V)
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| Al-Fostat (H,V)
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| Al-Fustat (H,V)
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| Al Fustat (H,V)
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| Fostat (H,O)
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| Fustat (H,O)
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| Fustat, Al- (H,V)
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Cairo (governorate) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Cairo (governorate) (P) |
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Cairo (inhabited place) (P) |
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| quarter (preferred, C) |
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was joined to Cairo by Salidin (died 1193) |
| inhabited place (H) |
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inhabited in 7th century |
| city (H) |
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| neighborhood (C) |
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