The mosques of Egypt

Less than ten years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the new religion of Islam arrived in Egypt with the army of Amr ibn al-As in AD 639. Amr immediately established his capital at al-Fustat, just south of modern Cairo, and there he built Africa's first mosque, one still in regular use...

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Main Author: O'Kane, Bernard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cairo, Egypt : American University In Cairo Press , c2016
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