FUSTAT

Fustat was the first city to be founded by the Muslims in Egypt. Built on the east bank of the Nile, Fustat was also the first residence of the Arab governors. The first permenant encampment at Fustat was built by `Amr b. al-`As around 22/643.

During the reign of Ahmad ibn Tulun, a new capital was built on the outskirts of Fustat, known as al-Qati`a'. His mosque, the Jami' ibn Tulun, was completed in 265/879 with a design that echoed to the Mosque of al-Mutawakkil in Samarra' and is the oldest mosque still standing in mostly its original form in Cairo today. The remainder of ibn Tulun's al-Qati`a', including a new palace, was destroyed when the `Abbasids re-took Egypt in 292/905.

Tulunid Coinage minted in Fustat (Misr):

Rulers named in Tulunid Coins minted in Fustat (Misr)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Numismatic Society http://www.amnumsoc.org/

Archnet.org

Grabar, Oleg. The coinage of the Tulunids. New York, American Numismatic Society, 1957.

Jornier, J. "al-Fustat" in EI2.

Images of the Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun taken from Archnet.org