Planning and Organizing Cairo Since Its Establishment

When new cities were established, as an extension of other cities that preceded them, the new city was allocated first for the residence of the governor, or the caliph, his entourage, and those close to him, and this is what Commander Jawhar did when he established the city of Cairo in the year 358 AH - 969 AD, as an extension of Fustat, the military, and the flocks. He prepared it to be a house of caliphate for the caliph, his soldiers, and his elite, and this was the case on the outskirts...